The future of obamacare is in the hands of the Supreme Court. Justices hear a key case today that could cost more than 20 million americans their coverage. How its likely to play out with a newly conservative court. And the fight for votes in georgia. Well talk with Stacey Abrams about how she helped a red state turn out for president elect joe biden. How did she do that . First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I will be a president for every american. This election is over. Its time to put aside the partisanship. The biden team is considering legal action so that the transition can begin. You are welcoming fraud and you are welcoming illegal voting. We want maximum sunlight. Maximum transparency. The attorney general wrote a letter authorizing federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud before the election is certified. Joe biden announced that hes moving forward with his own Coronavirus Task force. We need bold action to fight this pandemic. Were still facing a very dark winter. Dr. Fauci says hes optimistic after pfizer announced its vaccine is proven to be about 90 effective in Clinical Trials. We may have doses that were able to give to people by the end of november, the beginning of december. President trump did interrupt a slew of false tweets alleging Election Fraud to announce he had fired his defense secretary. All that helped rescue the patriots playoff hopes. Trying to get there. Looks like he does. Touchdown and all that matters. Biden and harris, it was a flawlessly choreographed evening. Except for one moment when a confetsty cannon went off a based on the candidates reactions, doesnt look like they were expecting it. Get out of there, joe theyre trying to take you out. Kamala, get down almost immediately after the news was announced, people all over the country started to celebrate. The joy was infectious. As is coronavirus. The volume of people that were doing that who just two weeks ago were going, i cant its disgusting that trumps holding these rallies. Its so irresponsible and theyre like this mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. Welcome to cbs this morning. Hes got a point. Its a very good point. I think that celebration came from a lot of people who have had a really long year and wanted to let something off. Hopefully its not going to make the problem worse. Seem to be enjoying the relief. Theyre saying anyone that was out there that way, you should get a test sooner rather than later. The new efforts in the Trump Administration to obstruct the biden harris transition team. The president elect has been preparing for months to take power, but since President Trump will not admit defeat, he is being denied access to essential government resources. This comes as attorney general william barr issues a new memo paving the way for prosecutors to investigate claims of voter fraud, even though none have been substantiated. Key republicans like Mitch Mcconnell are also supporting the president s refusal to concede. Paula reid is at the white house. Whats the attorney general saying exactly . Good morning, anthony. Well, in this memo obtained by cbs news, the attorney general is urging prosecutors to look into allegations of fraud. But at this point, the Trump Campaign has not provided any evidence of fraud. So the real impact of this memo is that it now allows the president to say the Justice Department is investigating. It allows him to continue to delay concession and undermine the trust in the outcome of this election. Attorney general william barr has given the president s unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud a boost by allowing prosecutors to go around longstanding policies to investigate allegations of fraud. In a memo obtained by cbs news, he says prosecurs can pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities before the election is certified. But judges in michigan, georgia and nevada have rejected lawsuits backed by the campaign saying they presented no serious evidence. There have been no factual allegations that support the idea that there was any kind of fraud or improprieties in the vote counts. Cbs news contributor and election law expert david becker served in the doj during the 2000 election dispute in florida. But in no circumstances should the attorney general or the department of justice be serving as the president s personal lawyers in a Campaign Capacity to protect an election in which he clearly received fewer votes in the popular vote and fewer votes in the electoral college. While barrs memo gives doj the okay to investigate, it does clearly state parameters, writing claimsirregularities that would not impact the outcome of an individual election in an individual state should normally be deferred until after the election. With just 70 days left in office, the president is shaking up his own cabinet, using twitter to announce the firing of defense secretary mark esper. Esper was the fourth person to hold the job in four years. He clashed with the president last summer over using active duty troops to quell protests. I do not support invoking the insurrection act. In an interview with military times shortly before his firing, esper admitted he often had to pick his battles against the president as he wonderd who is going to come in behind me. Its going to be a real yes man and then god help us. Espers replacement, christopher mill miller was seen entering the pentagon on monday. Hes known for a lot of National Security experience. When it comes to President Trumps political future, the president has formed a Political Action committee or pac signaling that he may have political ambitions beyond the anticipated january transition. Well see. God help susnot a phrase you want to hear from your secretary of defense. Paula, thank you. The Trump Administration continues to hold up the transition. President elect bidens team is considering legal action of their own. It comes at a crucial moment for the country on issues like the pandemic. President elect biden announced his new Coronavirus Task force yesterday and our ed okeefe is following all of it. Good morning to you. What do we know about these potential legal challenges from the biden team . Good morning, tony, from delaware. By law, the Biden Transition Office has been open since the summer. Now its supposed to be getting broader access to federal agencies since mr. Biden is now president elect. So far Trump Administration ofatcials are holding back, and that comes as the biden team is making its own plans to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Following the launch of his new Coronavirus Task force, president elect joe biden urged americans to stop the spread of coronavirus by wearing a mask. Do it for yourself. Do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement. Biden was briefed on the positive early results of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine trial. And while he praised the news, he said Wearing Masks and social distancing remain critical. Its clear that this vaccine, even if approved, will not be widely available for many months yet to come. The challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. In addition to the pandemic, the biden harris transition is preparing to fill more than 4,000 positions across the federal government. But the Transition Office is being blocked from full access to federal agencies by emily murphy, a trump appointee who leads the General Services administration that handles the logistics of a transition. Gsa has said murphy will only grant bidens team full access and funding once she ascertains a winner is clear based on the process laid out in the constitution. Responding to reporter questions late monday, they said if the gsa doesnt act soon, there are a number of options on the table. Legal action is certainly a possibility, but there are other options as well that were considering. So far, just four republican senators have congratulated the president elect. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell isnt one of them. And President Trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. But at the same time, he sowed doubt on the president ial Election Results, mcconnell praised congressional results, all of which were on the same ballots. Voters across the nation elected and reelected republican senators to a degree that actually stunned prognosticators. Republican senators mitt romney and marco rubio are among those calling on gsa to give mr. Biden broader access to agencies now that the transition is under way. Romney says that the biden Team Deserves it because of National Security reasons and rubio says that allowing the biden team to begin visiting federal agencies and doing the work it needs to do wouldnt impede the president s ongoing legal challenges. Gayle, one of the reasons this matters is really for National Security purposes. Among other things, the Biden Transition Team at this point should be getting classified briefings, access to secure facilities, the ability to submit more names for background briefings. They cant even talk to the state department yet to help them facilitate the calls theyre getting from World Leaders to congratulate mr. Biden. Its a bit of a mess. One they hope gets cleaned up in the coming days. Its a bit of a mess that continues to grow. Thank you, ed. More than 10 million americans have been infected with covid19 since this pandemic began. And that includes more than 1 million new cases since the end of october. That is the worst stretch of infections so far in this country. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud is in detroit with more on the story. Good morning to you. We know the midwest is getting hammered by this virus right now. Sure is. Good morning from the banks of the detroit river. Listen, nearly half of all the cases in the United States are right here in the midwest. In fact, in michigan, their new coronavirus cases, the rate of new cases, has soared 300 in the last four weeks. Listen, its accelerating around the country. The case count. Its notable hospitalizations are at levels we havent seen since july. Across the u. S. , hospitalizations due to coronavirus are close to record highs. Cases are on the rise in 46 states and experts warn the worst is yet to come. On sunday, utahs republican governor introduced a statewide mask mandate for the very first time. Pointing to overcrowding in utahs hospitals. They are really at the brink of not being able to take any more people and the overflow mold, particularly in our intensive care units. Reporter in el paso, texas 1 in every 5 coronavirus tests is coming back positive. Icus are at capacity. At this funeral home, one room is filled with bodies. The home says it has 220 people awaiting burial or cremation. And that most of them died from coronavirus. A lot of families that have had a loved one pass away from covid, they are all worried that they may be next. Reporter the United States is now averaging over 950 deaths every day. And the virus continues to claim the lives of people like austin tanner. He was 18 years old from melvindale, michigan. He died october 27th. We spoke to his mother carrie. Tell me whats going through your mind right now . Pain, loss, hurt. Its horrible. I feel empty, lost and alone without him. Reporter carrie doesnt know where or how her son caught the virus. She says he only left the house to go to church and to a support group for his anxiety. Austin had autism. And carrie says he was terrified about catching the virus. Because he was overweight has nothing to do with this disease. This virus, whatever it is. This plague that is taking over our country, the world. His weight had nothing to do with it. It is this horrible, horrible virus that is attacking people. And its not prejudice. It will attack anyone. Carrie was telling us how much the community loves austin. Her peers had elected him homecoming king in high school. And when austin died, the family was still in quarantine so the community went to their home and actually held a vigil for austin in the familys front yard. Tony . Such a job of reminding us of the human toll of all of this. The Drugmaker Pfizer plans to ask the fda for emergency use authorization soon for its Coronavirus Vaccine after announcing promising results from its Clinical Trial just yesterday. The u. S. Government is preparing to roll out multiple vaccines as soon as theyre ready. And health and Human Services secretary alex azar is leading those efforts and joins us now. Good morning to you. Tremendously good news, this progress on the vaccine. Id like to give americans some practical information about what happens next. What is the date you foresee when the First American may get this allimportant shot in the arm . Well, tony, as you said, yesterday was an incredibly historic day in Public Health here in the United States. The u. S. Has the first vaccine with phase three effectiveness data. It was incredibly positive, this pfizer vaccine. Over 90 effective in the Clinical Trials. So at this point, pfizer will submit an application for emergency authorization. I anticipate them doing that very quickly. Fda will then run through its processes looking at the science and the evidence and theyll make an independent determination on whether to authorize that vaccine. We have millions of doses of the vaccine already prepared and pfizer will be producing up to 20 million a month over the next several months for use. So i would be thinking in december, we would be focusing on vaccinating the most vulnerable. Well have to look at the data and see which groups. But focused on the most vulnerable. And by the end of january, wed have enough for Health Care Workers and First Responders and by the end of march to early april, we should have enough for all americans, not just pfizer, but, of course, the other vaccines in our portfolio. The great news is with pfizer coming in positive, it really enhances the probabilities that well see the other vaccines in our portfolio that can deliver that kind of volume of production. Moderna in particular, we hope to get results very soon. Secretary azar, the federal government is leading the distribution but at some point it will go to the states who will administer the doses. How are you able to guarantee the people who get this vaccine on the early side are those who need it most and, included in that population, are those who are vulnerable or part of poorer communities, communities of color, those hardest hit . Were working in collaboration with the governors to do this. Theyll actually make the determinations of who should get the vaccine within their state. Well make recommendations based on the professional judgment of the cdc. But the governors will be in the drivers seat. Weve got plans from all 64 Health Jurisdictions in the United States. And theyll run that process. Well support it with the distribution system. Pfizer will be distributing their vaccine and connecting it up with kits weve prepared for syringes and needles, et cetera, to get that to people. Comprehensive local planning will happen and incredible data systems to make sure people who get it get the same vaccine at the appropriate time for the booster, the second shot if its the pfizer or moderna vaccine. You mentioned the two shots. Gus perna, the official in charge of distribution at the federal level told 60 minutes his Worst Nightmare is you have the vaccine and americans dont take it. Do you share his concern and what do you say to those vaccine hesitant americans . Vaccine hesitancy is a real problem. I hope the whole country will come together and say this was an independent process. Its exactly what ive assured the American People of for months which is, there would be an independent data and safety monitoring board that determines if you even see data. That happened. There will be a pharmaceutical company, a great reputation like pfizer that will determine if the data fits their ethical standards. That will go to the fda and theyll consider it against publicly published standards and guidance. Theyll have a committee of independent advisers. And fda will make the determination if this vaccine meets their standards in a public and transparent way. So everybody will be able to talk to their Health Care Provider and determine if it makes sense for them. But data and transparency and rule of law are what i hope will cause people to have great confidence in the integrity of any vaccine or therapeutic just like the eli lilly monoclonal we authorized last night. We are running up against the wall here. We appreciate your perspective. It is good news for the country. Absolutely. Thank you. Ahead, a look at a blockbuster obamacare case heading to the Supreme Court today. Why health care for millions of americans is on we have much more news ahead including how dr. An