First time in a week, again falsely claiming that he won the 2020 election, despite setbacks in two crucial states. Big farmer ran, millions of dollars of negative advertisements run against me during the campaign, which i won by the way. The president still refusing to help president elect joe bidens transition of power, even as georgias republican governor certifies the Election Results, and Top Republicans in michigan saying they have no information that would change the outcome. All of this as donald trump jr. Says he too has tested positive for covid. You may have seen it by now, but apparently i got the ronna. On the run, a terrifying scene in wisconsin after someone opened fire inside a mall injuring at least eight people. Everybody started screaming, and like i saw a lot of people running. Police rushing to the scene, but unable to catch the gunman. This morning the desperate search to finded shooter. All that, plus double, double traffic . Colorados first ever in and out burger location opens with a line stretching for nearly two miles, the wait for the west coast eatery more than 12 hours, but hopefully everyone got their burger fix today, saturday november 21st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today, and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and dylan, its great to see both of you. I dont know about you guys, im excited for thanksgiving turkey, but boy, in and out sounds pretty good. Its never too early to talk in and out. Dylan, i feel like youd be a fan. Are you kidding . I absolutely love inandout. I think it would save time if you were in colorado and drove to california. Thats the way to do it. We will have more on that in just a a bit. We do want to get to our top stories. The Coronavirus Crisis getting worse by the day. The numbers are staggering. On friday the u. S. 6,000 cases, ever in a single day. And in the past week there have been nearly 1. 2 million cases, the worst since the pandemic began. But there is promising news this morning in the battle against covid. Pfizer, the First Company out of the gates, officially seeking emergency fda authorization for its vaccine. Weve got it all covered, starting with nbcs kathy park outside pfizer headquarters in new york. Kathy, good morning to you. Reporter hey, kristen, good morning to you. Yeah, this is a Major Development for pfizer and if all goes as planned, a vaccine rollout could happen as soon as next month for those at highest risk. Now its up to federal regulators to make a speedy decision based on the data. This morning, a big breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer and its german partner biontech becoming the First Companies to seek emergency use authorization for their covid19 vaccine, believed to be 95 effective. We have operated at extraordinary speed in our Clinical Development program, while always maintaining our focus on safety. Reporter evacuation mean maker moderna is expected to follow suit soon, but this fast track for approval still needs to cross fda hurdles. An independent Advisory Panel is set to convene to examine data on tens of thousands of trial participants and two months of safety followups. After authorization, pfizer says distribution can happen within hours. We expect to produce globally up to 50 million doses in 2020 and up to 1. 3 billion doses by the end of 2021. Reporter but before those doses can reach the public, the cdc will recommend who should get them first. The National Academy of medicine developed a plan for a possible rollout starting with Health Care Workers. The general public likely wont get access until the spring or summer. Despite promising vaccine news on the horizon, cases continue to soar to dangerous new highs. Californias monthlong curfew taking effect today. All nonessential activities suspended past 10 00 p. M. And with infections and hospitalizations surging throughout the midwest, governors in illinois, kentucky and minnesota are tightening restrictions on businesses and gatherings right before the holiday, as travelers across the country rush to get tested before heading home. But still, experts warn that its important to weigh the risks. Do you really want to get a crowd of 10, 15, 20 people, many of whom are coming in from places where they have gone from crowded airports to planes, getting into the house . A critical question as this crisis deepens. Back on the vaccine front, many Health Experts say theyre confident in the vaccine vetting process, there is still some worry among americans. According to a recent gallup poll, 42 said they would not get the vaccine, which is down from 50 last month. Kathy park starting us off in new york this morning. Thank you. Lets bring in nbc News Public Health analyst dr. Vin gupta, associate professor at the university of washington medical school. Dr. Gupta, good morning. The arrival of a vaccine or maybe more is a welcome dose of good news at the end of this long year. I guess the question is how soon before it puts a real dent in this pandemic . And should we change our routine once it arrives . Good morning, peter. So the question thats on the tip of all of our tongues here in Public Health, the answer here is that the vaccine is providing us mediumterm relief. I think the sense that theres a light at the end of the tunnel. But that tunnel is going to extend out, we think, until the end of q2 2021, so beginning of summertime 2021. Thats when i think we can start hopefully to see vaccination rates of this vaccine being in the 60 to 70 range, which is that number that we need to hit to start saying, okay, if this vaccine works, if a set of vaccines work and we can distribute it, thats when we can start to talk about normalcy, hopefully having a mid to late summer feeling of, okay, if youre a family and want to plan a vacation, you can do that safely. Were still talking about six, seven months ahead. Dr. Gupta, weve got to talk about thanksgiving. A lot of families finalizing their plans this weekend and talking about adding one more Family Member, one more person to the table. What is the risk in that . Kristen, youre touching on a really critical point here, that drivers of this virus at this moment we think now are congregations inside individual homes, inviting a few extra people into your home that you dont normally live with. So adding that extra person who you may not have seen, who may not have gotten tested, who may be asymptomatic with covid19, its that phenomenon that were worried about across the country. And this notion that it wont happen to you, it might happen to somebody else, thats what were trying to guard against here, that uncertainty. Thats why the cdc and its why every Public Health official is saying please dont travel and please limit who you have over to dinner to just the people that youre actually living wi. Don invte individuals that you dont actually live with into your home right now, its just too dangous. Dr. Vin gupta, we appreciate upper expertise and all your help throughout this. We wishou a very good holiday. Thanks for your time this morning. Thank you. And now the news that another Family Member of the trump family has tested positive for covid19. Overnight donald trump jr. Spoke out on instagram saying hes asymptomatic and feeling fine. This all comes as the president faces new setbacks in his longshot attempt to challenge the results of the election. Nbcs Garrett Haake is here in d. C. With more on that. Garrett, good morning to you. Reporter hey, kristen, good morning. The president has been largely out of sight for more than a week but spoke to reporters yesterday afternoon about drug prices and of course about the election. This as covid continues to sweep through his inner circle, including now that positive test for his son, don junior. The president s son now under quarantine after testing positive for covid19. You may have seen it by now, but apparently i got the rona. Reporter donald trump jr. Says hes asymptomatic join get list have three lower level white house aides this week testing positive, as well as another famous son, andrew jewel ya giuliani. President trump again claiming an election victory during a briefing on friday. Big pharma ran millions of dollars of negative advertisements against me during the campaign, which i won, by the way. Reporter still refusing to swallow the bitter pill of his election defeat, hosting a group of Michigan Republican lawmakers at the white house. Mr. Trump lost that state by more than 150,000 votes and has repeatedly complained of fraud there without evidence. After the meeting, the Lawmakers Said they spoke to the president about covid relief and said that they had, quote, not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan. And while a person close to the president tells nbc news mr. Trump knows he lost, the white house remains publicly dug in. I believe President Trump will have a second term. Reporter this morning, 23 of the 35 legal challenges by the president and local republicans have already been denied, dismissed, settled or withdrawn according to an nbc news count. This as georgias governor certified Election Results there late friday, after a hand count, biden winning the state by 12,284 votes. Two runoff races there on january 5th will decide control of the senate, drawing Vice President pence to campaign in the state, hoping to keep the president s base engaged. Like all of you, im here because i stand with president donald trump. Thats why im still here, because President Trump and i stand with senator david perdue and senator kelly loeffler. Reporter this morning the president plans to participate in the g20 summit with world leaders. He will do so virtually. The actual gathering is expected to hosted by saudi arabia, another casualty of the pandemic. Peter and kristen. Another virtual gathering. All right, Garrett Haake, thank you for that report. Meanwhile the Trump Administration is still blocking president elect joe biden from a formal transition of power that is now less than two months away, but its not stopping biden from forging ahead on friday meeting with top congressional democrats. Ali vitali is near bidens home in wilmington, delaware. Ali, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. Another day of waiting here for president elect joe biden, as the General Services administration has yet to send a letter of ascertainment officializing what nbc news has already reported, that biden is going to the white house. Stuck in bureaucratic limbo but forging ahead on policy priorities. My oval office, mi casa, you casa rz joe biden huddling with Top Democrats friday as pressure mounts for action. On stimulus spending there needs to be Emergency Assistance and aid during the lame duck session to help families move forward. Reporter and on the need for communication with federal agencies. This isnt a game, who gets to talk to whom. Our anyoinability to start our review process has real impacts on families across the country. Reporter bidens transition hamstrung, as covid19 cases rise and frustration mounts. Biden is growing impatient with the waiting game. So too are congressional democrats, demanding a briefing from the gsa on whats holding up certification of the election. Others urging bidens team to take it to court. I think if president elect biden were to go to court, a court would quickly say yes, this is becoming really a travesty and its time for us to speak up about it. Reporter biden advisers say legal action is still an option, but concerns remain that it could back fire, lengthening the Holding Pattern and on lingering lawsuits from the Trump Campaign, bidens top lawyer on offense. The harm is real. There is no chance whatsoever that donald trump can be successful in what it is that he is trying to do. While the president and his allies are ripping at the fabric of the democracy in any way they can, the fabric is not tearing, its holding firm. Reporter and while the Transition Team waits, staffing continues. Speculation hitting a fevered pitch as biden teased that he settled on a pick to lead the treasury department. We could see cabinet picks announced in the next few days before thanksgiving. Kristen and peter. The pace expected to pick up very soon. Ali vitali in wilmington this morning. Ali, thank you. This Morning Police in wisconsin are desperately searching for the gunman who opened fire inside a mall on friday, shooting several people before running away. Shaquille brewster is on the scene in wisconsin with more on that. Shaq, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. A much calmer scene here in wauwatosa as investigators worked late into the night clearing and securing this complex, but their work is not yet complete as they now try to track down the shooter. This morning, the search continues for a shooter who opened fire in a suburban milwaukee mall. Headed to the mall for shots fired. Reporter just there 3 00 p. M. Friday shopping at the mayfair mall suddenly interrupted by several rounds of gunfire. I knew right away it was a gunshot. Then they just started coming one after the other. It was more than ten shots. It was more than ten shots for sure. Reporter in all the chaos, anyone who could ran for the exits. Everybody started screaming. I saw a lot of people running. I just ran as fast as i could out the door. Reporter as the 911 calls poured in, dozens of police and s. W. A. T. Teams quickly deployed to the scene, desperately clearing survivors from the sprawling shopping center. Many had escaped unharmed, but not anyone. Two juveniles shot main west. Gunshot wounds. Reporter in all, eight people were rushed to the hospital. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time. Everybody was alive at that time so theres not been any fatalities that im aware of. Reporter authorities arrived in time for the wounded but not in time to catch the gunman. When Emergency Personnel arrived the shooter was no longer at the scene. Reporter so the manhunt is still on for the suspect witnesses described as a white man in his 20s or 30s. One week before the holiday rush, the mall now an active crime scene. Now, the mall is expected to remain closed today but Wauwatosa Police say they are making progress in their investigation. Investigators now saying instead of this being a random act, they believe it was a result of an altercation. Kristen, peter. Really terrifying moments there. Shaquille brewster, thank you. Time for a first check of the forecast right now as we look ahead to the thanksgiving week. Dylan, were counting on you to give us a nice forecast. Please. Clear skies this weekend. How is that for pressure . Come on, guys. We are going to see pretty decent weather, especially going through the weekend. Lets get through the weekend first, right . Actually theres not too much going on besides this round of rain, especially through missouri into central and southern illinois. Heavier rain near indianapolis right now. Its all along this frontal system with that area of low pressure so well see rain throughout the midwest, heavy at times especially into this evening. On sunday it moves into the eastern great lakes. We could see snow across upstate new york where the coldest air is as we go into the evening sunday into eventually early monday morning we will see rain impact the east coast. We could end up with about 1 to 2 inches of rainfall back through the midwest. As for snow, just a couple inches, but just a reminder that winter is on its way. Across northern maine we could end up with 2 inches just because the a and were starting out with cold 30s and 40s in the bay area. You may even some areas of some patchy frost up through the north bay. Cold lows for the morning and then by today well see a lot of sunshine. Were not worried about any rain this weekend. Well have a dry saturday and sunday, but those cold mornings are here to stay. So lets take a look at just how cold we are. 38 degrees in santa rosa. We could be keeping down into more. Well top out at the mid 60s. And thats your latest forecast. Back to you guys. All right, dylan, not bad, not bad. Not bad, well take it. Still to come right here on today, doctors and nurses nationwide pleading for help in the hardesthit covid hot spots. How they are managing in these tough times. Plus, if you have to travel this thanksgiving, well tell you how you can still get on an airplane a be safe. Its not easy now with this pandemic. Second harvest makes me really really happy. Meatballs, mexican rice, chicken enchiladas, and mole. For almost twenty years. 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