. >>> ahead this morning, new jersey governor phil murphy will join us to discuss his state's vaccine roll out. despite receiving fewer vaccines than anticipated. >>> a concern about a new strain of the coronavirus sweeping through the uk. it is said to be 70% more contagious and the exiting strains. at least eight european countries and canada have restricted travel now to the uk. central london was early quiet yesterday with new restrictions and nonessential shops were closed. people told to cancel their christmas plans. crowds went out packing before new travel rules went into effect. more from london. >> with the clock ticking towards lockdown central london was packed with crowds making the most of last chance christmas shopping. by morning, all nonessential businesses were shut and will stay that way at least to the end of the month. >> last tuesday, prime minister johnson promised families would be allowed to get together over christmas. >> we don't want to, saz i say, to ban christmas or cancel it. i think that would be frankly ihuman. >> fast forward to saturday and an abrupt

now there is a war of words, new jersey governor phil murphy calling representative gates a pets andd he never wants to see him in the garden state again, gates is going to be a guest on your show tonight. i'm sure he will have a response. >> we will ask him just minutes from now. the pennsylvania supreme court is refusing to hear an appeal of 2000 mail in ballots that had fools violations, still a separate election challenge pending at the supreme court of pennsylvania. that was filed before the election contesting the pennsylvania secretary of commonwealth decision to extend the mail in ballot deadline was a federal judge in arizona is considering a lawsuit seeking to decertify the election results giving joe biden a win in that state. the lawsuit alleges arizona's election system has flaws that led election workers in foreign countries manipulate results. attorneys for the state election officials say the lawsuit uses conspiracy theories to make allegations. texas suing four battleground states over unlawful election results. attorney general ken paxton asking the supreme court to

phil murphy is in the hot seat for using the same firm to manage his state's pandemic response. >> the putting a price on somebody's life is so offensive it is beyond the pale. on the other side, we have been advised by a number of firms, they've done a good job, that includes mckinsey. >> you to react new jersey republican chairman doug steinheart and founder of moms against drugs, thank you for being here, appreciate it. let's pull up some of this information mckinsey suggested that 2500 cvs customers developed opioid use disorder, 14,$810 would be available in a rebate for folks event and as you can see it is important to note cvs did not say they received any rebates but when you look at the factors companies getting millions in taxpayer dollars from the state of new jersey they do other work including supporting agencies like new jersey transit, other things, they played a role in the administration's covid-19 response but you say phil murphy and the state of new jersey, why? >> the addiction awareness task force, the horrors of the opioid crisis, my heart goes out to parents who

and now there is a war of words, the new jersey governor phil murphy calling representative gates a potsaid he never wants to see him in the garden state again. he is going to be a guest on your show tonight, and i'm sure he will have a response. shannon? >> shannon: i think you're right about that, bryan. bryan llenas in new york, thanks so much. pennsylvania supreme court is refusing to hear an appeal over nearly 2,000 mail-in ballots in bucks county that had rule violations. there still a separate challenge pending at the u.s. supreme court out of pennsylvania, that one filed before the election and contesting that pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth decision to extend the mail-in ballot deadline. a federal judge in arizona is now considering a lawsuit seeking to decertify the election results, giving joe biden a win in that state. the lawsuit alleges arizona's election system had flaws that allowed election workers in foreign countries manipulate results. attorneys for the states election official say the lawsuit uses conspiracy theories to make allegations. and texas suing fo

we know that governor phil murphy and the health workers in the state will get the first shots. a doctor in new jersey is joining me now. are you going to be the one administering these first vaccines? is that where you are, exactly where they'll be administered? set this up for us. >> we're in the hospital right now preparing for the receipt of the vaccines which as you just described is an extremely complex process. we've been organizing for weeks in coordination with our governor and the entire team. i will say i will not be the one individually giving the vaccine, but we have a wide open space that makes social distancing possible, and essentially we've set up an assembly line to make sure we can vaccinate up to 600 people a day. that's the model we'll be able to scale up when we do the larger mega vaccine sites for the community. as you know, we're going to start with our own health care heroes at university hospital and also the long-term directors and health care workers will get it as well in the first phase. it's going to be a really amazing profound moment on tuesday w

what would you say to cuomo, what would you say to phil murphy >> well, i got to give governor murphy kudos he has set there and said i'm not shutting this down again he's worried about employees, he's worried about small business and realized how hard it was for them in the last few months and here he's open for 25% where you can at least go out to dinner and the fact is is that they have a lower rate right now. and to try to tie positivity rates to restaurants, the science isn't there. if somebody can show me the sciences are i'll be right there with them. we want this all to go away. i really appreciate governor murphy saying i'm keeping these restaurants open, i'm keeping these casinos open and we're just going to be careful >> i think big difference between 100% capacity in terms of transmission and 25%. neither of us is doctor but i can assure you, having gone out to eat, there's a huge space in 25% capacity let's move on. why a third, 500 million, what are you going to do with it and will there be a fourth >> well, there is going to be a fourth right now, as a matter of fact, l

even with the vaccine on the way, new jersey governor phil murphy warned today that the weeks ahead willl." late today, we spoke with cbs's chief medical correspondent about what is ahead. doctor, we as a country are on the brink of 300,000 lives lost. how quickly can this vaccine slow the spread and flatten the curve? >> it depends on so many factors how quickly can we roll it out and administer it. are there enough doses and how do we get them to various people. i would like to pull back the micro scope, there's vaccine hesitency, so we need them to be explained to, when they hear the term operation warp speed, it's done quickly, the technology was built on decades and decades of research. the first vaccine for sa. a -- sars, it's been made more quickly in development because we cut the red tape for developing the testing so that phase 1, phase 2, phase 3 happened all at the same time, you didn't have the pauses in between. and people were working around the clock in the way that they have not done before. but look at the results of the trials. 44,000 people for pfizer and 30,000 for m

let's discuss with the governor of new jersey, democrat phil murphy.ank you so much for joining us. you take these steps to distribute vaccines more widely, we are seeing some very troubling coronavirus trends nationwide. how concerned are you about what lies ahead? >> good to be with you, wolf. by the way, a big week. we started vaccinating people tuesday in the morning and there is a real glimmer of hope. however, to your question, i'm very concerned. i think the near term is going to get worse before it gets better. we have seen our numbers go up in cases, hospitalizations. we are not yet threatening to overrun our hospitals which we cannot allow to happen but i think we are in the combination of cold weather, holidays, fatigue, private setting, transmission, lack of a national strategy, that is all conspiring and coming together right now. >> so sad. we reported, governor, many states are getting fewer and fewer doses of the vaccine than originally anticipated. is that true in your state of new jersey? >> it is true. and we have not yet got a satis

staff there expecting a major ok shipment, and governor phil murphy as states decide who getd the vaccinext, but we begin where distribution is actively under way this hour.ok abc's alex perez at the pfizer  campus in kalamazoo. alex, what are you seeing on the ground there? >> reporter: hey, good morning,p martha. you could argue this moment has been nine months in the making. take a look at the loading dock behind he here. just moments ago, we saw some of the first trucks loaded up with the vaccine leaving this dock. to eventually get the pandemic under control.e1 now i want you to take a look at some of these images after getting that emergency use authorization from the fda. the vials filled with the life-saving vaccine began their journey to states across the pg. now from ultra cold freezers tod specially designed boxes to keep those cold temperatures, each u box can hold about 5,000 doses. the boxes are then loaded onto  trucks, taking that precious é@ cargo to area airports. now this initial batch of the vaccine consists of some 2.9 million doses. u.s. marshals as we saw there,

the governor of new jersey, phil murphy, complaining that residents are not cooperating with contact, saying the state would have to take drastic action if this compliance does not improve and improve soon. and this is an issue, actually, that we're seeing on both sides of the hudson river. let's go to fox's aisha ofny with more in new york city. >> reporter: yeah, it's kind of happening everywhere, and some folks believe it really starts at home with the parents. in new jersey, as we mentioned, just this week governor phil murphy actual banned indoor sports after after he called out ice hockey parents for not complying with the state's contact tracers. listen to this. >> but now we are seeing a failure to cooperate more than 60% of cases. again, it's anecdotal, but a lot of that is with hockey, and we're suck and toured of hearing this, folks. >> reporter: in new york, one in five people don't cooperate, and some of those could be terrified parents, connell. when one couple's 14-year-old daughter or tested positive, she quickly became a victim of cyberbullying. -told by contact trac

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even with the vaccine on the way, new jersey governor phil murphy warned today that the weeks ahead willl." late today we spoke with cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook about what is ahead. dr. lapook, we as a country are >> dr. lapook, we as a country are on the brink on the brink of 300,000 lives lost. how quickly can this vaccine slow the spread and flatten the slow the spread and curve? >> adriana, it depends on so many factors-- how quickly can we roll it out and administer it, the logistical issues, are there enough doses how to get to various people, i would like to pull the microscope back and say there is a lot of vaccine hesitancy. and the vaccine is not going to work if people don't take it. so, we need to explain to them, when they hear the term "operation warp speed," it is scary it was done so quickly. actually this vaccine technology was built on decades and decades of research. the first vaccine for sars, in the early 2000's took 20 months then went to 10 months for the next time of vaccine. zika took three months, this is now two months. this is built on

in phil murphy's new jersey, it's even worse. nearly one-third haven't opened.e american southwest new mexico's insane lockdowns has citizens feeling like they are living in the ussr.. restrictions on grocery store capacity are so severe that people wait in line for hours to buy basic food and medicine. so next time the left talks about a new normal, just know what they really mean by that.t. in l.a., bravery brewing company spent over $1,000 to comply with the county's new covid rules but it was all for nothing. because now, l.a. county has band indoor and outdoor eating. owner flatfish restaurant in california. enter, you are like so many restaurant tours. youu had to spend thousands to meet these guidelines. any scientific evidence to back. up of the shields hanging from the ceilings and everything elsi you've done? >> i mean, when we ultimately started all of this there was signs all over the place. we were really just trying to follow the guidelines and try to make people feel safer. also reflected in the fact that we took this seriously and we want to stay

. >> in new jersey, protesters gathered outside phil murphy's home over the state's strict coronavirus guidelines, more than 30% of new jersey small businesses have closed for good. restaurant owners define lockdown orders to keep their businesses going and some are getting creative. >> on the day a new stay-at-home order went into effect in la county california governor gavin newsom is warning more restrictions could be in store for the state. the concern remains over not only the coronavirus cases spiking but shortage of intensive care space at hospitals. the next 3 weeks all of la county's 10 residents are advised to stay home as much as possible. it also bans people from getting together with folks who aren't within their own household. essential stores have to keep capacity to 35% in retailer restricted to 20% but it is restaurants who are being hit the hardest. eateries can still do to go food both indoor and outdoor dining is band. business owners fear many will lose their jobs and their doors could shut permanently. that has led to physical protests, some outside of the home of

. >> in new jersey governor phil murphy announcing the suspension of indoor high school and youth sports. that is through at least january. limits are also being placed on the number of people who can gather in outdoor settings. a maximum of 25 people now which is down from the 150 person threshold that has currently been in place. so states all over and communities, trace, implementing their own measures to try to stop the spread. back to you. >> trace: casey stiegel live for us in dallas. thank you. >> sandra: covid restrictions in the country about to go into effect in one blue state. do the rules go too far? democrat turned republican congressman jeff andrew gives us his take. dr. anthony fauci changing course on reopening schools. did he just prove some of his biggest critics right? senator rand paul will tell us what he wants to hear from the nation's top disease expert coming up. >> close the bars and keep the schools open. it's a default position it should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school and to get them back to school. sharing smiles tog

the rabbi sued governor phil murphy and joins me now.ur reaction to the court's decision? >> we are tremendously thankful, tremendously happy the courts recognized our rights and the fact the governor was unconstitutionally depriving us. todd: what is your big take away? >> in this case the issue of capacity limitations meaning people who attend a house of worship is squarely before the courts because the synagogue and father robinson's church are small, the church holds hundred people, the synagogue 30 people so the capacity limit of 25% is the real issue and what the supreme court did in this case was vacated district court refusal to grant us an injunction and send it back to the district court in light of its earlier decision in the brooklyn diocese versus cuomo case, a hard tap of 10 people, 25 people. todd: what does the district court have to do? are they under strict orders? >> they have to start from scratch and the suggestion when the supreme court vacates and remains, got it wrong the first time, get it right this time. i woul

the priest was kevin robinson, a catholic priest, robinson responded by filing a lawsuit against phil murphyjoins us with an update on where things stand. your job is to help people worship their god. you tried to do that, the state threatened to arrest you and you filed suit. where are you? >> thanks for having me back on. we did shutdown for two months, but i went to confession counseling, no harassment from any local authority. at the end of may and a few sunday outdoor services back into the church with distancing and people started coming. we more than doubled the congregation but keeping sanitary and some distancing and blessed and your program helped. in a week of your program the president called for reopening of churches and the governor has been modifying his orders, the latest one, 192 and even admitted the first amendment should be taken into account, freedom of religion respected. some good news since then. tucker: the size of your congregation has doubled. we are seeing churches teetering on the edge of going under but yours has doubled. why do you think that is? >> people are

robinson responded by filing a lawsuit against the governor in jersey, phil murphy.onight with a update on where things stand. and thank you so much for coming on. you're a priest and part of your job is to help people worship their god and you try to do it in the state threatened to arrest you any filed suit. where are you now? >> well, thank you for having me back on and i appreciate everything you said. so, we shut down for two months, but i went on saturdays to confessions, counseling. harassment for many local authorities. if we pentecost at the met end of may ends of the outdoor services, then we moved back into the church with distancing and people started coming. more than double the congregation, were still keeping some distancing. we've been very blessed and your program was phenomenal. it was a big help. you may remember her within the week of your program, the president called for the reopening of the churches. the governor has been modifying his executive orders. the latest numbers were hundred and 92. he even admitted that the first amendment should be

safely, limiting small gatherings and vaccine distribution, new jersey cracking down, governor phil murphyng outdoor gathering part of and 25 people and suspend indoor high school and youth sports. in california governor gavin newsom threatening a new lockdown order if cases continue to surge. >> if these trends continue we are going to have to take more dramatic, drastic action. >> some californians are resisting that. in la eat at joe's is serving outdoors despite the city shutting down indoor and outdoor dining. the restaurant hanging a french laundry sign which is where newsom was caught breaking his own covid-19 rules at a dinner party, newsom says 5158 counties could be placed under a stay-at-home order soon. >> supreme court justices expressed doubt over donald trump's plan to exclude illegal immigrants from the 2020 census was the count affects the drawing of new congressional districts determining how many house representatives and electoral college votes are given to each state, the trump administration has been unable to provide any firm numbers on how many immigrants would be d

joining us now is new jersey's democratic governor phil murphy. thank you very much for joining us.rms of what you have set up so far, how many people do you think you can vaccinate a month? >> good to be with you and general perna is a good man, so i know there was a miscommunication but we march onward. this is an incredibly complex challenge and i'm sure there will be bumps in the road. listen, we'll get i think 220 212,000 doses this week before moderna and pfizer and it will go up in each of the ensuing weeks. we'll from the 1-a health care workers out from there to other vulnerable communities and essential workers and then to the general public i hope by april or may. i'm not sure i can give you an exact number but my guess is we're looking at a half a million or more in the next month of folks who are going to get it and the numbers, god willing, will go up from there. >> what's the message you want new jersey residents to hear if they are worried they have to pay for -- they're worried they can't afford it, worried about the vaccine in some way. is there a uniform messaging

cases are skyrocketing in new jersey, and governor phil murphy is putting the mostly maskless partyingn blast writing we will not tolerate knuckle head behavior like this that puts people at risk. governor murphy himself was confronted for eating outdoors at a restaurant though he wasn't violating any orders doing so. we need to listen to governor murphy's point. case and point, san francisco mayor london breed apologizing yesterday for attending a dinner party in november despite urging her constituents to avoid those type of gatherings. a spokesman for mayor breed said she sat at an open air table and both san francisco and napa county were allowing outdoor dining at the time. some are claiming hypocrisy, especially since san francisco officials are considering shutting down outdoor dining entirely. mayor breed is not the only official to come under fire recently. the governor newsom admitting he shouldn't have attended a party haase month at the same restaurant as mayor breed with several households. after voting to prohibit outdoor dining in los angeles county last week, the county

new jersey governor phil murphy says some families are not cooperating with coronavirus contact tracings a father says cooperating led to his daughter being cyber bullied. aishah hasnie joins us now with that. aishah? >> hi, john. some folks out there do believe that noncompliance really starts at home with the parents. in new jersey, for example, governor murphy banned indoor sports for calling out ice hockey parents for being a part of the state's 60% noncompliance problem there. in new york, the numbers are a little better. one in five people don't cooperate. some could be terrified parents. when a father's daughter tested positive, she became a victim of cyber bullying. students and parents were scolding her, accusing her of putting others at risk. he said he was told by contact tracers that parents of teenagers don't often cooperate with them. he said covid shaming has to stop so families feel comfortable speaking up and save lives. >> afraid of backlash. they're afraid of their kid being with the c on their chest. we're in this together. we're not enemies of each other. the only en

governor phil murphy of new jersey seems less alarmed says the science is reflected. and that's what's in the administration's deliberation so far. >> as the white house is considering options there appears to be more questions than answers about this variant. chief among them do the two vaccines work against this mutation. elizabeth cohen has been looking into this, talking to some smart minds on this. what are you hearing about the variant and the vaccines available? >> let's first talk about the variant, kind of introduce it to people in the united states and explain a little bit about what it is. so this is a variant that first appeared in the uk. it's been traced back to september 20th near london. that date is important because you can imagine how much travel there's been from the uk to the u.s. since september 20th. uk scientists are highly confident, that's the phrase they use, that it's more transmissible than the variants that preceded it. and now six out of ten cases in london are this new variant. most of the cases are in people under 60. the reason why we

in new jersey governor phil murphy will mark tomorrow by visiting a vaccination center as part of the phase, while that is some good news, again, for restaurants right now here bracing for tomorrow, they say it will be very difficult months ahead. gillian: thank you. leland: this is personal for so many restaurant owners who are literally losing their livelihoods with covid restrictions. coowner of crony sports grill. you're supposed to be shut down and you're not. you're still serving outdoors, you're worried you will go to jail over this? >> leland, i really have no choice. sports grill, our restaurant, we have one in la county, barely on the border of la county and i really have no choice. in other words, if i don't stay open and by the way in new york, they're not dining, they are being forced to go outside. we've already been outside. our governor is forcing us to close all dining and limiting to only takeout or to go or delivery and if we do that, that business cannot survive, but most importantly, our employees won't have a job and before christmas, i'm just not in the position

cooperate with the contact tracers but in new jersey were sick and tired of hearing this folks governor phil murphy banned indoor sports after calling out ice hockey parents for being a big part of the state's noncompliance problem we're seeing is failure to cooperate. >>in more than 60% of cases to get its anecdotal. a lot of that is >>morpho can says he was told by tracers its parents of teenagers they don't often cooperate. he says covid shaming has to stop so families feel comfortable speaking up and saving lives. >>we're not enemies of each other the only we have is the virus. >>now the good news is is that the 14 year-old be us feeling a lot better and she hopes that other kids who might be going through similar cyber bullying will reach out to her. >>for support a new study from the pew research shutting light on the scope of the pandemic here in the u.s. 54% of americans say they actually know someone who has been hospitalized or actually died because of covid-19 that survey conducted back in november represents a dramatic increase from the one taking back in may which show just 20% of amer

new jersey, democrat phil murphy, you're totally wrong. let's listen to him?happening to the middle class and small businesses in america is nothing short of a complete tragedy and i would, i would go so far as to call it criminal. you're putting people out of business for good. you're making them reliant on big government. you're taking away their civil liberties under the guise of pretending like you care about public health. elizabeth: i mean he is getting ticketed nearly $16,000 a day for keeping his gym open. tom, just stay with us one second. we want to go right to this audio sound bite we have tom cruise yelling at his own workers to got it right. people are trying to do the right thing, even tom cruise. listen to this. >> making movies right now because of us. we're creating thousands of jobs [bleep] i don't ever want to see it again! ever! and if you don't do it, you're fired! i see you do it again you're fired and gone. movies are going because of us. we shut down -- [bleep] their homes, that is the problem. elizabeth: okay, what he is saying to his

anthony church buried robinson responded by filing a f lawsuit against the governor of new jersey, phil murphy joins us tonight with an update on where things stand. father, thanks so much for coming on. you're a priest, part of your job is to help people worship their god. you tried to do that, the state threatened to arrest you, you f filed suit. where are you now with this? >> well, thanks for having me back on. i appreciate everything you said and so we did shut down for two months on sundays but i went on saturdays to the communion and confession counseling with no harassment from any local authorities. we reopened at pentecost, the end of may and if you sundays outdoor services and then we moved back into the church with distancing and people started coming. we have now more than doubled the congregation so we are still keeping some sanitary and some distancing. we've been really blessed in your program was phenomenal.er it was a big help. you may remember within a week of your program, the president called for the reopening of the churches and the governor has been modifying his executi

. >> dana: do you think that governor phil murphy who will be up for reelection will have a hard time being reelected after the lockdowns he's done. >> as i know probably as well as anyone, the politics are unpredictable, but we haven't had a two-term democratic governor in new jersey since 1977 and in that period of time, we've had three two-term republican governors so i think he'll have a tough race here no matter what. >> dana: let me ask you about hunter biden, the investigation into his finances, we know the fbi has been looking into this, vice president biden was asked a softball question basically saying watching to and is going to try to get you, republicans will try to get you because of your son, you're a former prosecutor, how do you see this case and how sustainable is it for the president-elect to continue to bat this away? >> it's not going to be sustainable if, in fact, the evidence is uncovered that shows that hunter did something wrong. we don't know that yet. what we now know is that there's been an investigation going on for the better part of two years inside the

we heard governor phil murphy say that mom and pop farm sis like this will be crucial to the vaccineollout, but here in new jersey, they were hit hard in the first wave and hit hard again in a second wave. let me break down numbers for you. positivery rate exceeding 10%. the governor announces 5, 600 new cases. 48 new deaths. cases exceeding what we saw in the spring. silver lining and any death is too many. silver lining appears outcomes are getting better. in the spring hundreds of deaths a day. now 4,800 in the previous 24-hour period but hope is on the horizon. hope in the vaccine. for mom and pop farm sis liphap still working out logistics, can't afford a big freeze for the pfizer vaccine. let's listen how they're figuring out this dance of the logistics. >> moderna and pfizer have a vaccine coming out of you osoon. pfizer's, freezers are expensive and won't be able to accommodate them as much as we want to. moderna's coming out within about a week, able to store, distribute it and set up clinics for people to get the vaccine in this neighborhood. >> reporter: alex, this pharmac

they're going to have about five people get the shots here and governor phil murphy is here and many others. so many people have waited so long to start this process to get that shot, and you can see it's going in. she gives a little -- a little yell, a little yelp there. apparently even some doctors and nurses aren't the happiest with shots. we do know that some of the individuals getting the shots today are front-line workers, we also know that some of them are deans of the medical school here that are getting shots as well. at this particular event just outside where we are standing there will be five individuals getting a shot but this facility here at rutgers university medical center is one of six across the that will believe able to administer the shots. the state of new jersey in this first tranche is getting 76,000 vaccinations, they will be able to hand out. there's three phases to this. in that first phase there are some 650,000 individuals in that first phase alone and that's health care workers, those that come in contact with those who have covid, people in long-term ca

new jersey governor phil murphy declaring a state of emergency. >> we urge you to please take it slowution. we ask specifically that you stay clear of any plowing or spreading operations. >> reporter: the storm also coming as fed ex and ups work around the clock to transport coronavirus vaccines. each box is being monitored with a gps tracker to ensure that it remains a cold temperature and reaches the destination on time. they have contingency plans in place in case airports or roads are closed, but officials expect vaccinations to go on as scheduled. >> we expect to keep getting the deliveries and keep being able to turn it around and get people vaccinated. they're going to move this very, very aggressively. >> reporter: fed ex and ups say they're prioritizing vaccine delivery. >> on thursday morning we pushed off the start date to 11:00 a.m., but we're going to do full sessions on thursday and friday. >> reporter: the storm also falls on the year's busiest shipping day, so holiday packages could be delayed. at laguardia airport, alex hogan, fox news. >>> all right, this cold front

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cases are skyrocketing in new jersey, and governor phil murphy is putting the mostly maskless partiersblast writing, "we will not tolerate knucklehead behavior like this that puts people at risk." governor murphy himself was confronted for eating outdoors at a restaurant, though he wasn't violating any orders by doing so. now we all need to listen to governor murphy's advice, including the fellow democratic leaders. this is the case in point, okay. san francisco mayor london breed apologizing yesterday for attending a dinner party at an exclusive napa valley restaurant. that was in november, despite urging her constituents to avoid those types of gatherings. a spokesman for mayor breed said she sat at an open-air table and that both san francisco and napa county were allowing outdoor and indoor dining at the time. but some are claiming hypocrisy here, especially with the mayor announcing yesterday that san francisco officials are considering shutting down outdoor dining entirely. mayor breed isn't the only elected official in california to come under fire recently. the governor, gavin

the owner seem to be dairying governor phil murphy.posted on instagram without a mask in the middle of hithe gym. i like the fact that he is following the science. he's saying there's not been one infection trees t traced here. >> tomi: i think we would see major changes. elected and unelected officials on the health board hirings will be forced to listen to people and understand people have a right to run their business. talking about health care, let's keep in mind that he runs a gym. let's keep in mind the risks that come with obesity and other health conditions that can be solved through physical activity and let's talk about going out and interacting with others in a safe environment in the colorado area of a gym. it's best for your help. i applaud him. he's a friend of mine and i say keep going, patriot and i hope more follow your lead. >> kennedy: charles, are you going to help them pay those fines? >> charles: [laughs] i tell you what. i'm not sure how far it is from my house but i would take some online classes or any way i co

speaking with cnn on friday, new jersey governor phil murphy says states need federal help just to beto afford to distribute the vaccines. listen. >> the development of these vaccines has been nothing short of a miracle, if you believe everything we hear. it's really impressive. but the complexity of the distribution that's still ahead of us cannot be underestimated. as you rightfully point out, the expense associated with it can't be underestimated. >> does the federal government need a more robust plan to distribute the vaccines as they become available? >> it really does, and the funding part is so key. i mean, right now we have public health systems that are already stretched beyond capacity. they've been working so hard during this pandemic, really 24/7 trying to figure out things like testing and contact tracing and public health information, creation and dissemination. now we're asking them on top of that to develop an entire vaccine distribution strategy and educate all of the health care workers on how to administer the vaccine, and also spending a lot of time making the crit

she will speak with the governor of new jersey, phil murphy, about vaccine distribution efforts and spikes in covid cases. that's all coming up on "this week" later this morning right here on abc. >>> all right, dan. let's shift gears and get a check of the weather. rob marciano watching some of those snowstorms across the country. rob, good morning. >> hey, whit, good morning. we have a couple of systems we'll be dealing with. some fog across parts of the east. waking up to that, mild there, but there's cooler air that will be rolling in for much of the country, and we're starting it off with the winter storm warnings for the central plains. we could see 3 to 5 to 6 inches of snow in parts of western oklahoma with this system. we have another one right behind that. a very active pattern shaping up, and this one from houston to i-10, like charles, lafayette, even new orleans will see some strong thunderstorms with the cold front. the northern part of this, a little sliver of snow there in d.c. and jersey. this is mostly a rain event. there will be snow mixing in there to get the kids excit

reporter: in new jersey governor phil murphy declared a state of emergency asking drivers to stay offut 60 million people are either under storm watch or storm advisory. currently there are about 757 flights that are canceled and about 884 flights that are delayed and in new york, boston, kids will not need to go to in-person class tomorrow as we have seen virtual learning is something we've been doing throughout the pandemic. so those kids will not get the hoped for snow day. connell. connell: right. oh, boy. mayor is hearing about that from some of the kids on social media today, one of their snow days. alex, thank you. alex hogan laguardia airport. >>> to open, not to open, even if tomorrow is a snow day for some that is still the larger question as schools around the country are struggling to plan out the rest of the year. a new cdc report suggest that children who attend gatherings are more likely test positive for covid-19 than attending school or child care. reopening plan for chicago public schools remains uncertain. a hearing is set for tomorrow that would halt the city's cur

their father timothy pernell was recognized by new jersey governor phil murphy, who tweeted about how "worked his way up from the grounds keeping crew at bell labs to becoming a member of the technical staff." for more, dr. chris pernell joins us from montclair, new jersey. dr. pernell, it is great to have you with us. our condolences on the death of your father. just take us on the chronology of what happened with your dad, but remarkable man he was, and then ultimately your decision to be a participant in the moderna trial. >> thank you for having me this morning. if we can think back to the spring when things were really just beginning to explode in new jersey, in particularly centering on york, new jersey, which was unfortunately an epenter of the pandemic when hospitals were starting to restrict visitation, when cases were starting to pile up, my dad, unfortunately, got admitted to a local hospital -- just a mere four miles away from where i work. he went in for an related cause. heas stable. he was laughing. he was talking about eating his favorite food and then suddenly one day

again, in fact governor phil murphy today announcing 5,300 new cases in the last 24 hours, 53 new deaths, right now the cases are surging past what we saw in the spring, the only silver lining, yasmin, is that the deaths are lower so it appears the people are having better outcomes but the hope is on the horizon in the form of a vaccine, and for these local mom and pop pharmacies it's a bit of a logistical dance, they can't afford a big freezer to hold the pfizer vaccines, which need to be ultracold, they have a couple options, they can wait for the moderna vaccine to be approved and get that, which needs to be kept cold but not quite as cold or they can use dry ice and they'll have to use the vials in the next couple days. listen to what the pharmacist told me about readiness to rule out the vaccine. >> we will have the vaccine here in the next couple weeks. it will be safe. we will accommodate the people as best we can, our patients are very, very compassionate towards us and we are compassionate towards them and we will make it work. this is a group effort from the community, and from

governor phil murphy paying tribute to her neated she was active in the league of women's voter. >> donnaominguez worked as a support staff for prominent chefs. her family said she loved monster truck rallies, concerts and tennis. she is survived by two children and her husband of nearly 50 years, frank. may their memories were a blessing. we will be right back. some companies still have hr stuck between employees and their data. entering data. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it doesn't just drag hr down. it drags the entire business down -- with inefficiency, errors and waste. it's ridiculous. so ridiculous. with paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. visit paycom.com, and schedule your demo today. >>> breaking news, britain becoming the first western country to vaccinate people this morning. a 90-year-old woman from northern ireland was first in line for the shot. here in the u.s. vaccinations could be days away. an fda emergency use authorization could come on thursday and then the question becomes will there be e

new jersey governor phil murphy declaring a state of emergency. >> we urge you to please take it slow use common sense and caution. we ask specifically that you stay clear of any plowing or spreading operation. >> the storm also coming as fed ex and ups work around the clock to transport coronavirus vaccines. each box is being monitored with a gps track tore ensure that it remains a cold temperature and reaches the destination on time. the shipping companies say that they have contingency plans in place in case airports or roads are closed. but officials expect vaccinations to go on as scheduled. >> we expect to keep getting the deliveries and keep being able to turn around and get people vaccinated. they're going to move this very aggressively. >> reporter: fed ex and ups say they're prioritizing vaccine deliveries over other packages. >> on thursday morning at the peak of the storm we've pushed off the start date ma'am 11:00 a.m., but we're going to do full sessions on thursday and friday. >> reporter: the storm also falls on the year's busiest shipping days so holiday packages coul

governor phil murphy, always appreciate it. having me, erica. >>> stay with us. dr. anthony fauci joining us next. "new day" continues right now. >> attorney alhalf ger beis he rah will lead the department of health and human services, dr. vivek murthy and this obviously comes at a critical moment in the pandemic. more than 30 million californians waking up to new restrictions this morning. more than 28,000 new cases reported in that state overnight. >>> nationwide, more americans are hospitalized with the virus than ever before and among them, president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who spent the last several weeks traveling the country pushing false election fraud claims, often while unmasked. >> joining us now, dr. anthony fauci, he is the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and he was just officially named to be chief medical adviser on covid to president-elect joe biden. dr. fauci, thanks so much for being with us this morning. the president-elect just rolled out his health team

. >> reporter: new jersey recording nears they haven't seen since may, governor phil murphy reacting to video showing a new york young republicans event in jersey, where people appeared to violate social distancing and mask rules. the governor saying law enforcement is investigating, calling the apparent guest of honor florida congressman matt gates a fool. >> i hope you're watching, matt, you are not welcome in new jersey, and frankly i don't ever want you back in this state. >> reporter: congressman gates firing back murphy will regret this tweet when he a moves to florida like the rest of new jersey. for the health care workers enduring this historic fight, the victories are carrying them forward. dr. joseph farrone seen hugging a lonely covid patient in a viral photo from thanksgiving says that man is finally heading home. >> he's doing fantastic. he was discharged yesterday morning to the care of his wife, and he is doing quite well. finally he has his wish of being with his wife. >> reporter: trevor alt, abc news, new york. >>> the fda is meeting about pfizer's vaccine next wee

that was new jersey governor phil murphy, who released that video today. we did hear from dr. vaccine, you know, from his own hands, so he's totally safe to go and do his job, as he should be, sandhya, he is that essential worker every year. >> absolutely. and santa's probably wearing a nice mask, maybe a little elf on his face or a reindeer. >> and that beard helps too. >> that's right. that's absolutely true. >> and chris, too, i mean, for santa, for a lot of kids, they probably just assume that, you know, he's some magical being and he has super powers anyway. >> exactly right. i'm very excited about that video. i thought it was very clever and a good way to get in the holiday spiritual and please come to california, santa. >> on his way. norad is tracking. well, while we're talking on this subject, now to a bit of christmas past. our christmas past. we thought we'd share some of our favorite photos from our childhoods or our pasts. this is my family, okay, in the front is my youngest brother, peter. then david, then my sister, debra, who's watching right now, actually, fro

the governor of new jersey, democrat phil murphy, joins us now. governor, thank you for joining me. you know, i have to ask you about this party. the new york young republicans couldn't hold an event in new york, because the rules wouldn't permit it, but they held a gala here in our state. you called out congressman matt gates who attended this party. here's the thing. matt gates doesn't care that you called him a putz or don't want him in new jersey. he loves this national news. but now those people who broke the rules could be spreading this virus and killing people across our state. you are the one who makes the rules. do you need to put more restrictions in place and actually punish these people? >> first of all, stephanie, god bless you and your family. and we wish you a speedy recovery in your personal testament to the toll that this virus can take. it's extremely compelling. god-willing, will save others from the path you've been down. secondly, we've got the same darn rules new york has. these jerks came in. it's under investigation, including the venue, and it's unfathomabl

today new jersey governor phil murphy said that nearly 70% of residents who spoke to contact tracers in the state refused to provide information about their close contacts. in the middle of the worst surge in the coronavirus pandemic in this kournltd the tsa says nearly 1.1 million people crossed tsa checkpoints today before thanksgiving, the most on any day since march 16th, the very beginning of the pandemic shutdowns in this country. not all those people are listening to the president. there are people of all political persuasions engaging in misbehavior, absolutely. but the facts remains this. more people will get sick and die because the president and the republican lie machine are telling them that there is no danger and they believe it. nbc news reporter dasha burns has been spending time with front line workers in appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. she just arrived in sioux falls, south dakotaed is one of the worst hit areas in the entire world and she joins me. what did you hear when you went to eastern tennessee where you were i beli