This man spotted clinging to whats left of his boat. Just the hull sticking out of the water in the open atlantic. What happened next. Its cyber monday. Expected to be the biggest ever. The best items to buy today and how Software Programs are scooping up the hottest items long before you can. The real deal. Why demand is soaring for Real Christmas trees this year. Why demand is soaring for Real Christmas tre good monday morning, everyone. We begin with a new record in the coronavirus emergency. The number of people in the hospital hit another alltime high. Now after the busiest air travel day since the pandemic began doctors are worried that well be facing a surge within a surge of covid infections. Americans gathered from coast to coast over the Holiday Weekend. This party with nearly 400 people busted in new york city. More cities and states imposing shutdowns hoping to help the Health Care System from being overwhelmed. This morning harsher restrictions are about to take effect for more americans as Health Officials brace for another deadly surge in coronavirus cases. I believe the next 6 to 12 weeks will be the darkest weeks in modern american medical history. Reporter a threeweek stayathome order begins today in los angeles county. People in the county are being urged not to gather with anyone outside hetheir household, evenf its outdoors. Still have to go out and get the things we need, but say at home as much as we can. I think people arent taking it seriously enough. I think the restrictions need to be tighter. Thats the only way well get rid of this. Reporter across the country this morning nearly 100,000 people are hospitalized with the virus. In november alone more than 4 Million People have been infected, more than twice the number in october. Experts warn the holiday could have been a superspreader event. If youre young and you gathered, you need to be tested about five to ten days later. You need to assume youre affected and not go near your grandparents without a mask. Reporter the tsa screening more than 8 Million People over the Holiday Weekend. Tens of millions also hit the road. Dr. Anthony fauci says restrictions and travel advisories will be necessary for the christmas holiday. What we expect unfortunately as we go for the next couple weeks into december, that we might see a surge superimposed upon the surge were already in. When i give that message, i dont want to frighten people except to say its not too late for us to do something about this. Reporter in the meantime the countrys Largest School system is relying on testing to get back to class. New york citys mayors saying public el mentally schools will reopen for inperson learning next week. Theres less concern about the spread when it comes to younger kids. Also the demands are parnents ae going through i feel for our parents experiencing so many challenges right now. Reporter with potential vaccines right around the corner preparations are under way. United airlines are practicing delivering the vaccine. Hospitals in england have been told they could receive the first doses of pfizers vaccine as early as next week. Moderna is expected to follow pfizer in applying for emergency use for its vaccine. The assassination of irans Top Nuclear Scientist is re mid. Iran is vowing to get revenge. The iranian president said iran will respond at a proper time. The killing is expected to complicate Nuclear Talks with iran. By attacking their nuclear scientist, by really escalating this effort, the iranians are going to be more compelled to get a bomb quicker. This will complicate a president bidens diplomatic efforts. Intelligence officials told the New York Times israel was likely behind the attack. The killing was reportedly carried out by a 62member hit squad. News about the injury that president elect suffered. As the Biden Transition Team plans more staff announcements, President Trump is on attack taking aim at 60 minutes. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze has the latest from washington. Reporter the president elect is recovering from a fractured foot and President Trump appears to be wishing him a speedy recovery. President elect joe biden leaving a Doctors Office after a fracture was discovered in his foot. His doctor said biden suffered the injury while playing with his dog and will likely need to wear a boot for several weeks. President trump writing get well soon. The president instead focusing his anger towards 60 minutes after the program interviewed his former Cyber Security chief. There was no indication or evidence that there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems. Reporter trump fired chris krebs this month after he said the election was the most secure in american history. There was no manipulation of the vote on the machine count side. That in my opinion debunked some of the sensational claims out there that ive called nonsense. Reporter trump claiming 60 minutes never asked us for a comment about their ridiculous onesided story on election security, which is an international joke. The president and his allies have now lost 31 cases alleging fraud in five states. In wisconsin a recount paid for the Trump Campaign only expanded bidens lead. Trump called into Fox News Sunday for his first interview since losing the election. Speaking for 45 minutes, his string of unfounded claims went largely unchallenged by the host. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud. Reporter the Biden Administration carried on. Announcing an all women white House Communication Team and reports say biden selected brian deis to be his top economic adviser. Biden is expected to announce his Economic Team this week with janet yellen expected to be named treasury secretary. She would be the first woman to hold that job. Kenneth . Elizabeth schulze, thank you. Republican leaders are scrambling to make sure President Trumps Election Fraud claims dont backfire. Republican National Chair woman Rona Mcdaniels was in georgia rallying support for candidates in the upcoming run offs. She faced voters who questioned why they should vote if its already, quote, decided. Its not decided. Its not decided. If you lose your faith and dont vote, that will decide it. The president plans to travel to georgia despite calling the system fraudulent. The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments today about President Trumps plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. That means the allocation of political power and billions of dollars in funds are at stake. If the president wins the case, some congressional seats in liberal areas could shift to conservative areas. We have new pictures of a rescue 86 miles off the coast of florida. Thats 62yearold stewart beak clinging to the hull of his boat in the atlantic. Only about four feet of the boat was left above water when another boat rescued him. He was reported missing friday and picked up the following morning. He was not injured. No word yet on why his boat sank. Time for a look at your monday morning weather. A strong storm system is making today a washout for most of the east coast. Its charging into the north east and dumping up to three inches of rain. Winds up to 50 miles an hour are expected from the d. C. To boston. Theres snow on the storms western edge. Places getting that rain will also be unseasonably mild, but temperatures are lower behind the front. 34 degrees in chicago. 53 in denver, dallas and new orleans. 70s in southern california. 83 in miami. Coming up, the big decision being made this week about the Coronavirus Vaccine. Also ahead, the grinch spot thats making it so hard to find one of the hottest gifts. Hear from the driver who escaped this dramatic and fiery crash. His car was spl welcome back. Todays expected to be the biggest cyber monday ever with consumers spending nearly 13 billion. Some of the g biggest discounts will be on alec stelectronics a bedding. Beats head phones are going for nearly half the price. 75inch tvs can be found for under 500. Playstation 5s have been impossible to find because of bots. There are bots that are designed to break through all of the other thousands of people trying to get on that website and theyre able to place a bunch of orders simultaneously for a bunch of different consoles. The consoles are then resold for up to four times the price. One man in california waited 36 hours in line for a play station. Now to that stunning crash during a formula 1 race being called the worst in years. The driver hit a wall, his car burst into flames. Megan tevrizian show us how he was able to survive to tell his story. Just wanted to say im okay. Sort of okay. Reporter this morning a race car driver speaking from his hospital bed after escaping this dramatic fiery crash. One writer calling it a stunning escape that Harry Houdini would have struggled to match. Its lights out and away we go. Reporter during the first lap of the grand prix Romain Grosjeans car was sent into the barrier after clipping another car. The collision at 125 miles per hour, splitting the car in half. The vehicle instantly exploding in flames. Thats certainly damage and a big fire there. Reporter grosjean spent 28 seconds trapped inside the burning car. He did not panic. He was finally able to jump through the flames in his fireproof suit and with the help of emergency crews he walked away from the scene with only minor burns on his hands and ankles. He didnt even break a bone. Experts say he may be alive because of this safety feature called the halo which protects the drivers head during the crash. The component added only a few years ago was met with resistance from some drivers, including grosjean. This morning hes expressing gratitude for the new safety feature. I wasnt for the halo in the beginning, but i think its the greatest thing we brought to formula 1. Reporter this is all thats left of his car after the fire. Grosjean is 34. He recently announced hes leaving his team and there are rumors hell retire from formula 1. One driver called the crash the worst in over a decade. Kenneth, mona. Glad hes okay. Coming up new tributes to the man who played darth vader. Also, the nfls coronavirus problems taking a serious new turn. Played darth vader. Also, the nfls coronavirus problems taking a serious new turn. One that could mean. A chance to live longer. Opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with nonsmall cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pdl1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. 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Nfl facilities are closed today due to covid19. 21 members of the Baltimore Ravens have tested positive. Their game against the steelers is still scheduled for tomorrow night. The Denver Broncos had to play without any of their quarterbacks. A back up wide receiver who played qb in college stepped in. He completed one of nine passes. They lost to the saints who have their own problems. Theyre being fined and will lose a draft pick for not wearing masks. The 49ers are homeless because Santa Clara County has banned all contact sports. A big decision will be made this week concerning who gets the Coronavirus Vaccine first. This morning theres concerns more lockdowns are on the way. Earlier i spoke with dr. Darian sutton. A cdc panel will vote to see who will get the Covid Vaccine first. Theres some controversy over whether Nursing Homes should be in that group. What do you believe are the pros and cons . Less than 1 of americans are in longterm care facilities. 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