Baseless conspiracy theories. Why a republican senator is now accusing the president of trying to subvert the will of the people. And Princess Diana reimagined. Actress emma koren reveals how she recreated the look and voice of the iconic royal for the new season of the crown. People love the crown. First, todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Every american needs to be vigilant in this moment because we know that when you are, we can mitigate this virus. Good news on the vaccine front. The cdc urged americans to not travel for thanksgiving. If you are fighting a battle and the cavalry is on the way, you dont stop shooting. You keep going until the cavalry gets here. President elect biden said theres no excuse not to share information that his Incoming Administration will need to fight covid19. How many will be lost as a consequence of that, i cant tell you. A lawsuit filed against tyson foods claims a manager organized a betting pool on how many workers would test positive for covid19. We are not going to tolerate this. Georgia Election Officials declared joe biden the winner in that state after they completed an unprecedented audit of paper ballots. All that the pick six tulsa remains undefeated, 3024. Its going to end it from tulsa in Double Overtime and all that matters. Did you all watch my cousin vinny when the nice lady who said she saw and then he he says to her, how many fingers how many fingers have i got up . Your honor, i rest my case. Rudy giuliani is now trying to win the election by referencing points from movies. A divorced dad voted for joe biden while dressed up like an old scottish nanny. Yeah, sure, he misses his kids and all, but that doesnt change the fact that trump won. Shes like, oh, me, dear, no. Oh, dear, no, i voted for biden, so i dont this mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. You really do have to laugh. Welcome to cbs this morning. If you didnt see that News Conference with Rudy Giuliani, you must take a looksee. Im not sure the Rudy Giuliani is helping the president s case. The hair dye, the leaking, the movie references. It was very messy. And a lot of people in the president s orbit agree and are making that point. At the same time, it was an extremely serious accusation. Backed by zero evidence. And very serious. And very, very disturbing. They called it strange and lacking evidence. Disturbing. Were going to begin with this. Americans are being devastated by the coronavirus at levels once considered unthinkable. More than 187,000 new cases were reported yesterday, and that is a new record. Were also seeing increased deaths, more than 2,000 people just yesterday. Thats a number the experts have warned we would hit by christmas. The Coronavirus Task force held its first public briefing yesterday in months. I came as the cdc issued a blunt new warning telling americans not to travel for thanksgiving. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud joins us with some breaking vaccine news. David, good morning. Good morning. We just heard from pfizer. They will today request emergency use authorization from the fda. Now we dont know how long its going to take to get the authorization so that the vaccine can start being distributed to elderly people, frontline workers and eventually to the rest of us. But again, that could take months. This morning were at 57th street in midtown manhattan. Look at the line to get tested. It stretches around the block. I counted it. 98 people when i started counting, and that was about ten minutes ago. Some folks were lining up at 5 00 a. M. You mentioned the Covid Task Force. It had been months since we heard from them. Finally, they took to the podium yesterday. Lets start with that. This is really a call to action. Reporter briefing the country for the first time in four months, white house Coronavirus Task force coordinator dr. Deborah birx acknowledged that the situation nationally is worse than ever. This is more cases, more rapidly than what we had seen before. Reporter but the news is not all bad. With emergency use authorizations or euas as they are known, for vaccines on the horizon, Officials Say distribution could start within weeks. Eua comes, 24 hours later, vaccines will be distributed. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci called the results of Coronavirus Vaccine trials extraordinary and he urged all americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity. Reporter dr. Fauci also said right now more than ever before, americans should double down on hand washing, mask wearing and social distancing. If you are fighting a battle and the cavalry is on the way, you dont stop shooting. Reporter meanwhile, the fight continues in icus across america where nurses are battling not just the virus but denial. Registered nurse ashley bartholemew was shocked when one of her Covid Patients in an el Paso Hospital told her this. Just kind of gestured towards the tv like, well, fake news. It doesnt really seem like its more than a flu. I said to him, i have never seen so much death and so much sickness in the past two weeks than i have in my entire ten years in health care combined. Reporter bartholemew cried in front of him and she says after that patient left the icu, his perspective changed. He said, wow, i i saw the other people, and i was wrong. What did that moment mean to you when he seemed to get it . I would love to say that it felt like a victory, but the big picture, that if there are people that are thinking along these same lines, were in trouble. What was your intention behind sharing this . I dont know. I havent been asked that. I guess my intention is just that, you know, misinformation is killing us. Reporter i can tell you from traveling this country for the last seven months covering coronavirus, the denial is real. And, gayle, its affecting it is affecting, as you saw from that nurse, the frontline workers who are taking care of people who are dying. Thats why, david, i think its so important that youre telling these stories. But what really hurts me is that it has to get this dire for people to get it. We keep hearing these stories over and over. It has to get almost where youre near the brink where people say, yeah, this is really serious. Thank you. They are still fighting it, gayle. I know. We just have to keep telling the story, david. Thank you very much. And the next test of trust will be the vaccine. Dr. Anthony fauci says this thing is solid. They have not it is helpful to say that. And the pandemic is also more widespread than it has been at any time before with hospitalizations on the rise in nearly all 50 states. Carter evans visited one small hospital in rupert, idaho, which is in a desperate situation. Reporter with more people testing positive for the coronavirus every day, rural hospitals are struggling to keep up. We got a look inside minedoka memorial in Southern Idaho where they have 17 beds and room for only three Covid Patients. This is what we call the entry room. Reporter nurse benkey has been helping transfer the most critically ill to other large hospitals for months. How soon do you think youll have a covid patient back in here . Weve only had a room open for like 12 hours at a time. Reporter as many of those hospitals near capacity, she worries about whats coming. Have you ever had to make a decision who gets care and who doesnt . We have never weve trained for things like that. And training is so different than when you get the real live body in here to figure out what to do. And we havent. Reporter this is wone of th makeshift covid rooms. Nurses can see through. Theyve also reversed the air conditioning system so the air is sucked in and no virus can come out. This 85yearold man is infected and has been hospitalized here for four days. Is he Getting Better . Hes pretty weak, and thats one of the common symptoms for a lot of people. Reporter Kelsey Phillips and nurses in small hospitals around the country are working nonstop. Very tiring and exhausting. You are breathing the same air all day long. Reporter for them, concern about the virus doesnt end when their shift is over. You have kids . Uhhuh. You worry about bringing this home to them . Sure, i do. I have a son who has asthma. My husband and i both work here so when we get home, we are stripping in the garage. Throw our clothes into the wash or the way through. The kids have to stay in their rooms. Its changed the way we have to do things at home. Not just at work. Reporter now if the bigger hospitals reach capacity, one nurse told me theyd turn the entire medical floor into a covid ward. That means theyd have to put other patients into surgical rooms and when they fill up, the hallways. Gayle, they hope it doesnt come to that. We all open that. Thank you, carter. As this crisis worsens, Health Experts have repeatedly warned our National Response is just not enough. We are joined by health and Human Services secretary, thats alex azar. Good morning, mr. Secretary. Good to see you. Morning, gayle. Kudos to the Trump Administration because operation warp speed appears to be working the way you hoped. Pfizer breaking news this morning that youve applied, the fda is going to apply for emergency use authorization. What does that mean . How soon could the vaccine be available and to who . Gayle it means that hope and help are on the way. Pfizer filing today for emergency use authorization means that fda will very quickly announce that well be scheduling a Public Advisory Committee process of independent experts who will give fda their best views on the data. And if the data is as solid as it appears if the company is transparent in their interactions, we literally could be weeks away from the authorization of a 95 effective vaccine, and weve said 24 hours later, well ship millions of doses of that vaccine and within a couple of months between pfizer and modernas vaccine, assuming they both are approved, well have vaccinated tens of millions of americas most vulnerable citizens. Lets hang on to that, secretary. Lets talk about your News Conference yesterday. Number one, great to see you guys. We havent seen you in four months. Im curious about why it took so long tho to speak to the American People and lutz know what whats going on. Deborah birx said its going in the wrong direction and its getting worse. Why cant we get it under control . The situation is very serious but its not one where the United States is isolated. Weve seen this in western europe and canada and the United States. I coordinate across all the g7 health ministers, and its a common phenomenon. People are fatigued. People have given up. Theyve sacrificed so much over the past ten months. Weve gotten colder weather. Weve moved indoors and lost the natural social distancing that happen fros from being outside. Weve gone to crowded indoor bars and restaurants and let our guard down. We dont practice the three ws. Washing our hands, watching our distance and wearing our face coverings. Thats what we have to do and we can bend the curve as dr. Birx and dr. Fauci said yesterday if well all just do those things. Yesterday president elect biden said hes had no contact with the Trump Administration, and this is a very dire situation, as you know. He says every day that they dont communicate, its costing lives because ultimately theyll have to take control of this. When do you plan to speak to the Biden Administration . So well coordinate and talk as soon as its appropriate. Im going to leave that transition planning to other individuals. Right now mat people need to know is the coronavirus response, were all on it. Operation warp speed but when is it appropriate . When is it appropriate . Well, gayle go ahead. Theres a statute in place that directs the process for that. What the American People need to know is the same career people at cdc, fda, defense department, hhs that are running this response and operation warp speed on january 19th are going to be the same people on january 21st and every aspect of what we do is completely transparent. Theres no secret data or knowledge. We spent hours with the public and the media this week laying out every aspect of the distribution planning on these vaccines. Our epidemiological information completely transparent. Our planning. Everything. So secretary azar, it sounds like youre saying that joe biden is incorrect when he says this delay is going to cost lives . Absolutely incorrect. All right. Leave it there. All right, secretary azar. Thank you. We have a difference of opinion, clearly, but we thank you for your time this morning. President elect joe biden says President Trumps refusal to concede is a debilitating danger at this time in the pandemic. He spoke after a Video Conference with republican and democratic governors and Vice President elect kamala harris. He said his lack of access to Key Information could Damage Recovery efforts and cost lives. Biden also said he discussed a nationwide mask mandate with the governors and insisted he does not intend to shut down the economy. President trumps hopes of overturning vote totals in this election suffered a major setback in the state of georgia after a recount by hand. President trump lost narrowly to president elect joe biden. Despite that, mr. Trump is ramping up his unprecedented efforts to get a second term. Yesterday his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani held an extraordinary News Conference making unsubstantiated claims of fraud. Weijia jiang is at the white house for us. Good morning. Good morning, tony, and good morning to everybody. Part of this strategy played out on Live Television during that frantic press conference with Rudy Giuliani. It was pure spectacle filled with unsubstantiated claims and wild conspiracy theories. None of which were supported with a single shred of evidence. I know crimes. I can smell them. You dont have to smell this one. I can prove it to you 18 different ways. Reporter President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani did not provide any evidence as he and the campaigns legal team floated the unsubstantiated idea that president elect joe bidens win was the result of a widespread operation to rig the vote, blaming everything from democratic donors to venezuela. Its disgraceful what happened. Reporter the 90minute press Conference Left giuliani with what appears to be hair dye streaming down his face. While he said this publicly about pennsylvanias election rules clearly illegal. Clearly voter fraud. Easily provable. Reporter giuliani did not make the same claims in front of a judge in pennsylvania on tuesday. Does the complaint plead fraud with particularity . No, your honor. And it doesnt plead fraud. They are moving away from a legal strategy to a disinformation strategy. Reporter election law expert david becker says its important to Pay Attention to whats happening in court where the Trump Campaign has had little success in its more than 20 court cases. Its real easy to make unsupported wild conspiracy claims. Its really hard to support those claims in court. Reporter the president is now getting directly and publicly involved making the unprecedented move to invite michigans Top Republican lawmakers to the white house. It appears to be part of a plan to overturn the results of the state, which he lost by more than 150,000 votes. The invitation comes after mr. Trump personally called the two republican members of michigans assers. Ounty board of afterwards, said they wanted to rescind their votes to certify the countys results, despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud claiming the president s call had nothing to do with their decision. Late last night, republican senator mitt romney blasted President Trump on twitter resorted to overt pressure on state and local officls to subvert theill of the people. Isifficulto imagine a worsore unde action by a american president. I think youre witnessing incredible irresponsibility. Incredibly damaging message is being sent to the rest of the world about how democracy functions. Reporter today, for the first time in more than a week, President Trump has a public event on his schedule about lowering drug prices for all americans. President elect joe biden plans to meet in delaware with congressional democratic leaders. Hes also celebrating his 78th birthday, making him the oldest man who will ever occupy the oval office. President Ronald Reagan held that record before. He was 77 when he left the white house. Tony . Might need a recount on joe bidens age. Perhaps hes younger. Hand recount on that. Theres a lot being made about Rudy Giulianis hair dye. And its not that, that problematic. Most people over the age of 60, men and women, myself include, use hair dye. Its just that i really encourage viewers to go and look at that News Conference. It was so nonsens