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Poor jets fans. 2020 is bad enough, but for jets fans, its a disaster. Just that line, snatch defeat from the lines of victory. Steve kornacki, everything he does, awesome. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with the urgent new efforts to fight the pandemic which dr. Deborah birx is calling the worst event in american history. Think about that for a second. Californias mostly back in lockdown mode this morning with an order affecting 30 Million People there. Its the first state to lock down again. Hospitalizations in that state have tripled in the last month. California recorded more than 30,000 new cases in a single day yesterday. That is the highest single day total in any state so far. Many other states are seeing a troubling spike. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud is in reno, nevada. Good morning to you. Whats the situation there . Well, tony, nevada now leads the nation when it comes to the number of people who are hospitalized with covid on a per capita basis. Here at renowned Regional Medical center, look what theyve had to resort to. They are putting patients in their parking garage. This is a covid ward. Were nowhere near the patients, but they set this up back in april hoping to never have to use it but they started running out of space at the main hospital. So this is what it has come to. When pictures of the parking garage first surfaced a couple of weeks ago, some people suggested it was fake. We called them and said, can we see it . Well show you how real it is. Look at this. Where cars would normally be parked, there are nowpatients. 265 have come through this Field Hospital in just the last three weeks. When you have to resort to a parking garage, you know things are pretty bad. That means this is real. Dr. Jacob kepperman had just started his job here three weeks ago when he tweeted a picture of the parking garage turned Field Hospital right before patients arrived. Now some on social media seized on the empty beds suggesting it and the pandemic was fake. One of those was retweeted by president trump. It was sad and insulting. Reporter the rampant spread of misinformation is complicating efforts to control the pandemic. Thats according to dr. Deborah birx of the White House Coronavirus task force. I hear Community Members paritying back those situations, parred on that masks dont work. This is the worst event this country will face. Reporter to california where rising hospitalizations led to more regional lockdowns sunday night. By order of the governor, this affects more than 30 Million People. Starting today, salons are closed. Retailers are under strict capacity limits. And all dining indoor and out, is suspended through christmas. If im not open by february, ill no longer be here. My restaurant cannot open for togo. Reporter Restaurant Owner angra marsden is among those supplieding to change their rules after she noticed an Outdoor Dining tent for a film crew 15 feet away from her now closed outdoor patio. Tell me that this is dangerous but right next to me is a slap in my face. The way it works in los angeles is that county officials classify Video Production work as essential. And require regular covid testing at tv and movie shoots. Back here in nevada where we are, casinos and restaurants have a 25 capacity limit. Nurse janet baum says her hospital has never been busier than it is now. Never in my wildest nightm e nightmares would i ever have thought wed see something that would be killing this many people. Reporter janet works here at the Medical Center which services not only northern nevada but part of Northern California and even idaho. This hospital is central to this area and now theyre using a parking garage because they have run out of room. One more thing, the uk is set to start injecting people with their Coronavirus Vaccine as soon as tomorrow. And anthony, later in the week, the fda should give us an update on the pfizer vaccine. If all goes well, they could get approval within two or three days after that. Fingers crossed, david. Thank you. Joining susdr. Celine gounder, a member of president elect joe bidens advisory board. Hes an epidemiologist and Infectious Disease expert at the Grossman School of medicine and Bellevue Hospital here in new york. Dr. Gounder, good morning. As we just saw california is again going into regional lockdowns. How effective a strategy do you think that is . So, you know, i think we are, unfortunately, having to look at restricting certain activities, dialing up some of these restrictions around dining, around other group activities. We know that when you are indoors, when you are crowded amongst other people, and when you are not Wearing Masks that increases the risk of transmission. So, unfortunately, given how out of control the virus is at this point, we are having to dial up some of those restrictions again. Dr. Gounder, we should tell viewers. Your shot is frozen which is why were not looking at you, but we can still hear you. Do you think other states should take this kind of measure if theyre in similar situations . Well, i think ideally, we should be more proactive than this where we dont find ourselves in a situation where the virus is to this degree out of control. Unfortunately, not everybody decided to stay home in their household bubbles to wear masks, to socially distance, to have activities outdoors versus indoors over the thanksgiving holiday. And were now seeing the resulting surge from that. The chief scientific adviser for operation warp speed, says he plans to meet with the biden team this week to discuss a distribution of a vaccine. What do you need from the doctor to ensure a smooth transition . Well, we really need to understand what their plan for distribution is. We have already been trying to get a handle on how many doses will be available to us from each of the companies and by when. But we do need some internal information on that from the federal government. We also need to understand where they are with their plans. Its not enough to acquire the doses of the vaccine to purchase the doses. You also need to have a plan to distribute them all the way down to the level of the health care provider, the nurse, who is going to inject that dose of vaccine into somebodys arm. And so we really need that level of granular detail on where they are with the Vaccine Distribution planning. And you havent gotten any of that yet . We have yet to see any kind of detailed plan. What is your biggest concern regarding the distribution of the vaccine . Well, i think a couple. One, we want to be sure there will be enough doses, as have been promised. We know that were not going to be able to vaccinate everyone all at once. But we need to have some realistic projections so that we can prioritize the doses that we have accordingly. And we really want to make sure were vaccinating for maximum impact. We want to be preventing deaths, and we want to be preventing transmission. And you cant really make a plan for that if you dont know what tools youre working with. Quickly, dr. Gounder, we heard dr. Birx say this is the worst event the country will face. What do you expect in the next few weeks here before christmas . Well, sadly, you know, hospitals are overrun. I think that is going to get worse, frankly, over the next several weeks. Im still seeing patients. I know my colleagues are really burned out from being on the front lines, fighting this for months. And now they are being asked to see that many more patients. They themselves may not be able to take time off over the holidays. And thats going to contribute to burnout as well. And i think, unfortunately, some americans may continue not to follow the Public Health guidance that we had offered before thanksgiving. And that may lead to further transmission over the upcoming holidays. Dr. Celine gounder, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it. Breaking overnight, president elect joe biden has announced a string of top appointees who could dramatically change the governments response to the coronavirus pandemic. Nikole killion is covering the transition in wilmington, delaware, with more on this story. Good morning. Who is on the bidens team of Health Advisers . Well, gayle, there are several notable picks here, including the president elects choice to lead the department of health and Human Services, California Attorney general Xavier Becerra. As hhs secretary, becerra would oversee the Coronavirus Response and a budget totalling more than a trillion dollars. If confirmed, hed be the first latino to fill the role. Becerra doesnt have a Public Health background but has been a staunch defender of the Affordable Care act. And prior to his time as californias top lawyer he helped shepherd it through the house as a congressman. Mr. Biden revealed his choice for the cdc, dr. Rochelle walensky, a Harvard Medical School professor and chief of Infectious Disease at massachusetts general hospital. The president elect selected dr. Vivek murthy to reprise his former role as u. S. Surgeon general. Hes already on bidens covid advisory board. And dr. Anthony fauci will serve as the president elects chief medical adviser. Now cbs news has also exclusively learned that the president elect is announcing new cochairs for his president ial inaugural committee this morning. It will be led by House Majority whip jim clyburn along with two other congressional members. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Los Angeles Mayor eric garcetti. Tony . Nikolle, thank you. The coronavirus has hit president trumps inner circle. This time its his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who was reportedly admitted yesterday to Georgetown UniversityMedical Center in washington. And last night, giuliani tweeted that hes getting great care and feeling good. Weijia jiang reports from the white house. How you can say this is not supported when there are now tape after tape after tape reporter Rudy Giuliani appeared on Television Sunday morning claiming president trumps fight to overturn the Election Results was making progress. Just hours later, the president revealed that giuliani tested positive for covid19. In a tweet he wished giuliani a speedy recovery and praised him for working tirelessly, exposing what he described as the most corrupt election by far in the history of the usa. A claim that mr. Trump continues to peddle, even though it is not true. Giulianis diagnosis follows weeks of traveling across the country to contest the november results through courts. Last week he spoke in arizona, georgia and michigan, often without covering his face. I dont want you to do this if you feel uncomfortable, but would you be comfortable taking your mask off so people can hear you more clearly . Can you hear me . Reporter they tweeted out this picture of giuliani posing with several lawmakers, all without masks. The States Legislature announced sunday it would close for a week out of an abundance of caution for recent cases and concerns relating to covid19. In a statement, the Trump Campaign legal team says giuliani did not experience any symptoms or test positive within 48 hours of returning from his trip. He was most recently in georgia on thursday. As for their efforts to fight the outcome of the election, a campaign Attorney Says giuliani getting the virus will not impact their work and that they will press on. Gayle . Weijia, thank you very much. Georgias governor says he cannot obey president trumps demand to call the legislature into session to reverse his states president ial vote. Governor brian kemp says that would be illegal. The president complained bitterly about georgias vote count at a weekend rally. The states two republican senators now face runoffs. Mark strassmann is in marietta, nar atlanta, with more on this. There was an empty podium last night because one of those senators skipped a debate. Good morning. Good morning to you gayle. Republican incumbent david perdue skipped the debate. Hell tell you hes already debated jon ossoff once and now hes talking directly to georgia voters. Ossoff would tell you perdue skipped it because he got clobbered the first time. Georgia voters will decide with these runoff elections less than a month away. I have built my career reporter republican senator Kelly Loeffler keeps her Campaign Message simple. She backed trump all the way and sidestepped when asked if the president won reelection. President trump has every right to use every Legal Recourse available. In our own state weve seen time and again that we have investigations that need to be completed. Reporter she called her opponent, reverend Raphael Warnock, a radical liberal. He described her as out of touch with georgia voters. After being in the senate for ten months, she does not have a case to be made for why the people of georgia should keep her there. Reporter but at least they debated on the same stage. In georgias other runoff, democratic challenger jon ossoff faced an empty podium. Incumbent republican senator david perdue was a noshow. It shows an astonishing arrogance and sense of entitlement for georgias senior u. S. Senator to believe he shouldnt have to debate at a moment like this in our history. Reporter the president campaigned for both candidates saturday night in georgia. But spent most of his hour and a half long speech complaining about his own Election Results. The candidates themselves spent less than three minutes on stage with the president. You must go vote, and vote early. Reporter he pushed supporters to vote while casting doubt on the election process. By repeating false claims he was cheated out of a victory. Well still win it. And theyre going to try and rig this election, too. Reporter his refusal to concede has sparked a republican battle in georgia. He has pressured Governor Brian Kemp to call the States Legislature into special session to overturn joe bidens victory here. Kemp refused again in a statement sunday night saying that is not an option allowed under state or federal law. You got to make sure your governor gets a lot tougher than hes been. Hes got to get a lot tougher. Reporter the president has also been tough on georgias republican secretary of state. Brad raffensberger said there was no evidence of fraud in georgia. Right now we dont see anything that would overturn the will of the people here in georgia. Reporter but many Top Republicans here are also worried at the way the president is trying to undermine the integrity of georgias elections and heres why, tony. They are worried that Republican Voters might be discouraged from showing up at next months runoffs. Ill take it, mark, thank you. The Senate Control of the senate at stake