Efforts to keep people safe. And from the big screen to your living room. A Hollywood Studio plans to stream all its new movies at the same time as they are in theaters. What it means for the future of entertainment. Thinking outside the box. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. We as a country are in a very, very difficult, if not crisis, situation when it comes to the explosion of cases. New concerns over vaccine distribution. Pfizer slashed its vaccine rollout target in half. In washington, nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell holding talks about reaching a covid relief bill before christmas. Im going to have to ask for more. Right when you get there. When we get there. President trump has not ruled out firing attorney general bill brr. You still have confidence in bill barr . Ask me that in a number of weeks from now. A wildfire continues to grow out of control in california. Forcing thousands of people to evacuate. We had to depend upon neighbors to come and grab horses, grab our dogs. Warner brothers announced it plans to release all of its 2021 films simultaneously in theaters and stream them to hbo max. A plane making an Emergency Landing in minnesota. Right in the middle of a threelane highway. And all that matters. Is he the second gentleman . The second dude . I think the term has evolved into the second gentleman. I will defer i think some of his friends are inclined to say that. Youll call him the second gentleman . No, ill call him honey. If i signed something saying that im wrong, i can go to prison. Did you . Giuliani introduced a star witness who ended up going viral because of her attitude. Were not seeing the poll book off by 30 thought what did you do, take it and do something crazy to it . She concluded her testimony by saying, i would like to speak to americas manager. Ill wait. This mornings eye opener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. I see stephen colbert. I knew guys when i watched her yesterday, colbert, corden, kimmel, all of them would have a field day with that. It was the way she talked like that and moved her head. Steve is absolutely right. She was annoying. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with something very serious. Desperate new measures in some states to slow the spread of the coronavirus as you can see. We are heading in the wrong direction and we are heading there very fast. We had more cases than ever yesterday with more than 217,000 new infections. The daily death toll is also headed in the wrong direction. Nearly 2,900 people yesterday alone died of the coronavirus. Thats 1 every 30 seconds or so. Adriana diaz is following nationwide efforts to fight this surge. Theres a stayathome advisory there in chicago where you are. Any chance of that lifting soon . Im guessing not. Not at all, tony. You guessed right. In fact, the mayor said yesterday the advisory remains in place. The risk is just too high here and across the country. In fact, over the last two weeks, 34 states broke records for new daily coronavirus cases and that means more patients flooding into hospitals like here at Rush UniversityMedical Center where admissions are up. In fact, many hospitals nationwide are saying they are simply stretched too thin. If we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. Reporter California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to enact the strictest lockdown orders his state has seen since march after hospitalizations jumped nearly 200 in the last month. Were announcing and introducing a regional stayathome order in the state of california. Fundamentally predicated on the need to stop gathering with people outside of your household. Reporter the order shutters salons and bars and limits restaurants to takeout and delivery only. In regions of the state where icus reach 85 capacity. The governor expects most of the state to hit that threshold in the next few days. Help is on the way in the form of new vaccines. One of which was already approved in the uk. On the cbs news podcast, the takeout, our Major Garrett asked dr. Anthony fauci why the uk approved pfizers vaccine first. I love the brits, they are great scientists but they took the data from the Pfizer Company and instead of scrutinizing it really, really carefully they said, okay, lets approve it. Thats it. Fauci later apologized saying he has confidence in the uk scientists and regulators. But a vaccine cant come soon enough. On chicagos south side, the crush of new Covid Patients has doctors and nurses at Roseland Community hospital wondering how long they can hold on. Im actually afraid that were going to get overrun. Reporter nurses like alma abad dont just treat Covid Patients. She comforts them. In the icu, she set up this ipad to connect 85yearold Florence Bolton to her grandkids. We love you. We love you. Its that kind of separation that makes losing a loved one to this virus especially cruel. Says patrick brent. He lost his 72yearold mother janice to covid just ten days ago. I couldnt go to chicago. I couldnt be with her. I couldnt hold her, hug her. I couldnt even see her. The last time i hugged her was a year ago, and shes gone. Shes gone. And we have some developments on the Pfizer Vaccine. According to a wall street journal report, the company was forced to cut its Production Target for the end of the year in half because of issues with ingredient standards. The company says it made those revisions back in november and the u. S. Is still on target to receive its 20 milliondose allotment by the end of the year. Adriana, thank you. Those separation stories are so heartbreaking. President elect joe biden is calling on congress to break the deadlock on a relief bill for americans hit by the pandemic. In a new interview, mr. Biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris also say they both plan to take a vaccine once dr. Anthony fauci says its safe. Ed okeefe is following the transition in wilmington, delaware. What else is mr. Biden planning . Well, good morning, anthony. As he prepares to take over, the president elect says hes got a plan to drive down the rate of covid19 infection and it involves wearing one of these. The first day im inaugurated to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days. Reporter as president elect joe biden keep pushing for americans to wear masks he also revealed he had his first direct conversation with dr. Anthony fauci. I asked him to stay on in the exact same role hes had for the past several president s. And i asked him to be chief medical adviser for me as well. And be part of the covid team. Reporter as millions of americans are struggling economically, the president elect backed a 900 billion plan for relief. I think it should be passed and i think were going to need more. Im going to have to ask for more when we gletet there. Reporter on thursday they met with congressional hispanics to make sure theyre represented in the cabinet. And hes meet with the naacp. He pushed back against any citicism that his team doesnt diverse enough saying, hes not done yet. First eight members are the most diverse cabinet anyone in American History has ever announced. I am going to keep my commitment that the administration, both in the white house and outside in the cabinet, is going to look like the country. Reporter as President Trump reportedly continues to mull whether or not to pardon members of his family and other close associates, mr. Biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris said under their watch the Justice Department would have complete independence. Should be based on the law. It should not be influenced by politics, period. Reporter more than a month after election day, the president still refuses to concede. But mr. Biden feels mr. Trump should show up for his inauguration. I really worry about the image were presenting to the rest of the world. This is not its not the United States. In that sense, the protocol of the transfer of power, i think, is important. Reporter at least one more key republican, georgia senator david perdue, now appears to be acknowledge playing bidens victory. The Washington Post has obtained video of him saying so. Thats notable because the president is headed to georgia tomorrow to campaign for perdue and senator Kelly Loeffler in their runoff eelection scheduled for january 5th. Here in delaware, biden is set to talk about the final monthly jobs report of 2020. Thank you, ed. President trump did not address the surge of new covid cases yesterday. He did, however, say that attorney general william barr is not working hard enough to find evidence of election fraud. Barr says the Justice Department has found no evidence that mr. Trump lost because of fraud. Paula reid has more on this story. Reporter President Trump on thursday would not say if he had confidence in attorney general william barr. Ask me that in a number of weeks from now. Reporter the tepid response came just two days after barr told the Associated Press the Justice Department had looked into complaints about the election but has not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election. They havent looked very hard, which is a disappointment, to be honest with you. Its massive fraud. Reporter the courts have roundly rejected the complaints because of a lack of evidence of massive fraud. Cbs news has also learned the president was not happy about the article and had a tense meeting with barr on tuesday. Whether you go to wisconsin, where we just filed a case, or michigan, or if you look at whats happening in georgia, as an example, or pennsylvania. Reporter a few hours after the president made that claim, the Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to hear a petition from his legal team to overturn the results of the election in the state. And kicked the case down to lower courts to sort out factual disputes. The Campaign Says it will continue to fight in wisconsin. And so far, this litigation based on false claims of a rigged election has helped the campaign and the rnc raise over 200 million since election day. Gayle . Thats a lot of money. Now we hear the president is threatening to veto a defense spending bill that it seems his own party supports. Why is he doing that . Well, gayle, the president has threatened to veto the National Defense authorization act. A bill that has been passed by congress for 60 years, unless lawmakers add a provision limiting protections for social media companies. But even members of his own party have said that has nothing to do with a bill that helps fund the military. Lawmakers do have a way to get around a potential veto. It would require a bipartisan effort. Twothirds of the house and the senate. They have the votes but so far it appears theyre calling the president s bluff. Sgha. The head of u. S. Intelligence is commenting on whether american spy agencies have found evidence of foreign entities changing votes and, thereby, altering the recent election. Its a key claim by President Trumps legal team in its attempts to overturn the results. Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge spoke with John Ratcliffe in his First Network interview as director of national intelligence. Does the intelligence show that any foreign adversary or criminal group had the ability to change the vote results . Not that we have been able to determine now. At this point in time were still analyzing all of the intelligence. Tremendous voter fraud and irregularities. When the president gives a video on voter fraud allegations, is that intelligence coming from you . I cant tell you the specific information that i give the president , but voter fraud is not an issue for the intelligence community, per se. Thats a domestic Law Enforcement issue. Does the intelligence show that foreign adversaries are amplifying the voter fraud allegations . They are. Who is doing that . I cant tell you. But they are . Yes. And whats their objective . To undermine Public Confidence in our democratic processes. Reporter as the government prepares for a new administration in january, ratcliffe says china is now the nations most pressing National Security threat. From efforts to steal Covid Vaccine research to ripping off the u. S. Economy. China intends to dominate the world, economically, militarily and technologically. They intend to be the worlds superpower. How Many Americans and billions of dollars have been lost to the chinese . U. S. Government estimates about 500 billion a year, which would impact every american household, 4,000 to 6,000 a year as a result of what china is doing on the economic espionage front. What does the intelligence show about foreign efforts to steal covid19 Vaccine Research . China has been attempting to access our research into covid19. So the pandemic that was created by chinas actions, theyve attempted to steal our research. Has it been aggressive in the last year . Everything that china does is aggressive. What is your message on china to the biden team . They are our greatest adversary. Its the greatest threat that this country has faced since world war ii. Director ratcliffe said the delayed transition has not put the biden team at a disadvantage. Biden and harris are now receiving the same highly classified information as President Trump. Ratcliffe says he plans to release a fuller report on foreign election interference in january. Anthony . Catherine, thank you. A dangerous fastmoving wildfire is slowing down this morning south of los angeles. The bond fire nearly quadrupled in size in just a few hours yesterday. Pushed by powerful winds. Officials say it started as a house fire. It has burned at least 6400 acres and is just 10 contained. But some areas that were evacuated are now allowing homeowners to return. Jonathan vigliotti has more on this california wildfire season that just wont end. Reporter wind gusts reaching 70 miles an hour continued to drive this fire near neighborhoods in the canyons of orange county. The wind was howling. Reporter Bruce Mcdougal captured these images of flames that engulfed his neighborhood and destroyed his truck. The firemen were here and foamed the back of my house. And i think that saved it. Reporter bonedry conditions gave the blaze plenty of fuel to grow. This is the second major wildfire to hit this area in the past two months. You kind of felt like you were safe for at least a couple of years from the brush that the fire had already come through, about two months ago. Reporter there are 500 firefighters from more than 30 different agencies battling the blaze. On thursday, two of them were injured and taken to a hospital. But their conditions this morning are unknown. This fire is driven by dry vegetation and high winds. Were talking about gusts up to 70 miles an hour. You can see firefighters on the ground trying to stop this blaze from spreading. You have a concern that maybe the fire is a little too close, thats enough. Thats enough to have your belongings prepared and to evacuate. Reporter because of covid, officials arent providing shelters for evacuees. Theyre encouraging them to seek private safety with family or friends or go to a hotel. Local utilities cut power to 52,000 residents starting on wednesday and more than 32,000 remain in the dark thursday. But even that precaution wasnt enough to prevent images like this to become sadly too familiar to the people of california. This has been a recordbreaking wildfire season for this state with more than 4 million acres burned. The wind has calmed down, along with the flames which were intense enough to melt this truck. The red flag warnings continue through tomorrow. Back to you. All right, jonathan. Every year it seems we tell this story and every year its just as devastating. Cant imagine what its like for people who are seeing it last year thinking, god, i hope that doesnt happen to me and this year, theyre on the news. And the complication its difficult to go anywhere because of covid. Not only the same every year. Its a record year. And the president was saying its Forest Management issues, but the officials in california are saying its climate change. Our climate is changing. They did not appreciate that at all. Ahead, the challenges that states face as they distribute the Covid Vaccine and why some may not get enough doses to vaccinate all Frontline Health care workers. At least not immediately. But we have much more news ahead, including a big change for the Movie Theater industry. Why a Hollywood Studios decision could keep movie goers at home even after the pandemic. Plus, an Award Winning pilot causes highway havoc with an Emergency Landing on an interstate. Thats all coming up on cbs this morning. This portion of cbs this morning sponsored by quaker oats. Whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of it