Ten months after covid19 first appeared in the United States, a promising vaccine is now one step closer to being rolled out. Drugmakers, pfizer and biontech applied on friday to the food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization. If given the green light, the first doses could be shipped by middecember. And the situation could not be more urgent. The u. S. Set another record on friday with more than 195,000 were you covid cases. 1 million americans have tested positive in just the past week. Getting vaccines to the Larger Population will probably take several months. Until then, many communities are facing hard choices about how to curb the Staggering Number of new infections. Cnns nick watt has the latest. Reporter pfizer and biontech submitted their covid19 vaccine to the fda for emergency use authorization. There could be shots in some arms before new years. This pandemic will start Getting Better once we get into february march, and by april may, things will be dramatically better. Reporter but what about now . Well, record daily case counts, Record Numbers in the hospital, climbing death toll. So, this is faster, its broader, and what worries me, it could be longer. Reporter in illinois, movie theaters, museums, indoor bars, all closed again. California set the record, most cases in a day. Tomorrow night, 10 00 p. M. , an overnature curfew kicks in across the state. We too have seen it faster and faster. Reporter in new york open our schools reporter schools closed after Positivity Rate crept to 3 . Tempers are high. Why can a child go to a restaurant . Why can a child go every else but schools . There is no excuse. Reporter now, we hear that new York City Restaurants might close again after thanksgiving. And the schools might actually reopen. The plan is to work on a plan so that after the thanksgiving break, we can bring everybody back into the schools and we can adjust and adapt our protocols so we can continue to do inperson learning. Reporter the latest science suggests schools are not superspreaders. My position keep the schools open as long as you possibly can. The big threat is not the public square. Its small family gatherings. Reporter the cdc in some states advising us not to valve over tr to travel. Weve given strong recommendations how you conduct that in a safe environment. Reporter ten months since the first confirmed case in this country, were still unsure. Close schools, keep restaurants open or vice versa. Are strict rules best or just recommendations . Is personal freedom the priority or health of others. Im sick of saying it, but masks and mandates do work. The cdc here in the u. S. Released data from kansas in the summer. Counties that had mask mandates, the rates fell. Counties that did not have mask mandates, the rates rose. There are modelers at the university of washington and they just tweaked their model. And now suggest if americans universally wore masks this winter, 65,000 lives would be saved. Nick watt, cnn, los angeles. Lawmakers vowing to follow the law. Its a headline that should go without saying. Republican members of michigans legislature felt it necessary to release a statement saying they would adhere to the normal process of choosing president ial lectors after a meeting with President Trump. They said the candidates who win the most votes win elections. These are Simple Truths that should provide confidence in our elections. Cnns Boris Sanchez has more from the white house. A whan whicampaign which i w well find that out. Reporter President Trump denying reality. For the 17th day, dodging questions while he tries to upsend the Democratic Office in a desperate bid to stay until power. In a brazen move, President Trump inviting lawmakers from michigan and washington to the white house today. Trump calling this 11th hour meeting that the white house says is routine. This is not an advocacy meeting. There will be no one from the campaign there. He routinely meets with lawmakers from all across the country. Reporter sources tell cnn that white house officials are considering a similar invitation to republican lawmakers in pennsylvania before that state certifies the winner on monday. Despite the efforts, georgia one step closer to certifying joe biden as the winner of its 16 Electoral College votes with lawmakers making it clear there were no fraud. Numbers dont lie, as secretary of state, i believe that the numbers weve presented today are correct. Reporter with lawsuits fizzling out and statebystate fights hiding dead ends, the leaders sidelined. Did you all watch my cousin vinny . Reporter Rudy Giuliani who had planned to be in with lawmakers. Forced to cancel because of exposure to covid19. His son andrew and assistant to the president who was at yesterdays offtherails News Conference announced he tested positive for the virus. Despite surging case numbers, the white house is desperately spinning trumps refusal to concede. Something i would note is just we talked a lat about transfer of power and election and its worth remembering that this president was never given an orderly transition of power. His presidency was never accepted. Reporter thain fact, Hillar Clinton called trump to concede hours after he was considered president elect. President obama invited him to the white house. And during his inauguration, trump said this every four years, we stand on these steps to carry out the ordinary and peaceful transfer of power, we are grateful to president obama and first lady michellebre owe babama for thei gracious honor. Reporter romney writing it is difficult to see the action by a sitting president. In his appearance in the press briefing room, really a rare moment for the white house nowadays. This is the first time we have actually seen President Trump in just about a week. He has not answered questions from reporters for 17 consecutive days, dating back to election day. And looking forward, the president to this point only has two Public Events still on his schedule. First, the thanksgiving turkey pardon at the white house and the unveiling of the White House Christmas tree. Boris sanchez, cnn, white house. In the meantime, joe biden is plowing head with his transition. He met friday with House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer on ways to fight the coronavirus impacts while celebrating his 78th birthday. Jessica dean has more. Reporter president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris pushing ahead with their transition today. Meeting with House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer in wilmington, delaware, to discuss a covid relief bill. Theyre going to be working in lockstep. Theyre in lockstep agreement that there needs to be Emergency Assistance and aid during the lame duck session to help families. Reporter with two months until inauguration day, biden and his Transition Team are forging ahead with their plans despite President Trumps continued refusal to concede and begin the formal transition process. We continue to move forward in absence to the ascertainment division. Reporter saying trumps actions and bases lawsuits are harming democrat lawsuits that trump himself will not be successful. Fabric is not tearing, its holding firm. Reporter additionally, showing hes moving forward. Biden has expedited the process of his cabinet nominees with some on announcements made next week. Youll soon here my choice for treasury. Youll here that just before or after thanksgiving. Reporter meantime, biden continues to grow his Incoming White House staff. Today, the transition announced a new round of similar appointments which include several long time biden aides who have worked for both the president elect and his wife jill. Another area, when it comes to fundraising again, since they havent signed off on biden as president elect triggering the transition process releasing millions of dollars as they need to do so, the biden team has sent memos to reporters suggesting they would have to selffund the transition. Joe biden when he takes off in two months will be the oldest president in the history of the United States. Jessica dean, cnn, delaware. I want to bring in amy pope, coming to us via skype in london. Michigan lawmakers saying theyll follow the law. The georgia certified bidens win, as well as losses for the president s legal team in arizona. So, whats next . Well, there arent many paths left for the president. This is really much more about the political theater, sending a signal to his base. To what end, its not entirely clear. It may be that hes setting himself up for a run in the future. It may be that hes setting himself for an audience if he has a new plan to do his own television. But no matter, he is trying to keep the spotlight on him. Make sure that he is the center of attention. And hes not ready to give that up yet. Well, literally, fewer than a handful of republicans have been willing to call out the president or challenge him in any way. I mean, youve worked in the senate. What do you make of the silence coming from republicans there . I think theyre holding ton the sake of securing their base. At least until the votes are officially certified, and the president has no way forward. I think theyre nervous about alien natuating the people who for trump, saying the election was stolen from trump despite no evidence at all. At some point, they have to pivot to reality. Once the votes are certified, once the Electoral College has been officially called then there isnt much room to go. And they need to look to the future because there are very serious challenges that they have to face sass a congress. That says a lot about President Trumps enduring power after all of this going forward. I want to know, though, what generally, the effects of all of this is on democracy. I see a lot of headlines which have variations of trump insulting the soil of democracy. We just heard in the piece before this from bidens Senior Adviser seeming to downplay this. Saying the fabric is not tearing. Its holding firm. Is it . Well, look, the good news is the institution is functioning the attack on the president s power. And theyre hearing and assisting the claim when theres no evidence to support them. The fact that we have at least some members of congress demonstrating that ultimately theyre going to go along with whatever the vote shows. 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Starting monday, toronto in the surrounding region will enter a lockdown for at least 28 days after religious ceremonies will be limited to ten people, and Justin Trudeau is speaking to his fellow canadians. If you were planning to see friends this weekend, maybe dont. If there was a Birthday Party you were planning, dont do it. Were in a moment right now, with all of the sacrifices i know canadians have been making over these past ten months, we are going to have to really tighten up once again. Scotland is also take something extreme measures. Its banning all nonessential travel to england and most of the british isles. Lets bring in anna stewart from london. Anna, new restrictions, but from the sounds of it, you could drive one of those red doubledecker buses through the loopholes. Reporter this ban seems that cases of coronavirus appears to be leveling off in the uk. England is currently under lockdown until december 2, and scotland, people faced very similar restrictions to the english lockdown. Nonessential shopping shut. And the idea that scotland has banned all travel from scotland and the rest of the uk. Some say is that a bit of an overreach . The Scottish Government is dedivulged from westminster. This is legally enforced. And can get fined around 60 pounds which is around 80. There are holes in the plan. For one thing, theres no real border between scotland and england. At least in terms of infrastructure. There are no border checks. Secondly, the exemption lifts are exhausted. For instance, you can travel from scotland to england, still, despite the ban. If you need to feed an animal, if you need to give blood, if you need to take a driving test or variation of health. Its likely to be half enforced. This is all part of scotland further restrictions, nick lhol sturgeon say, its of short balance here. With some flexibility for families to get together. We know behind the scenes, the uk is an absolute patchwork of different rules and restrictions. At the moment there are conversations with the government of westminster, scotland and anwell, to see if they can reach a Common Ground for everyone to enjoy christmas together. And the uk, of course is one nation. And we travel to see our family this time of year. Well see, as everyone is waiting to see further news on that. All right. Well hear from you about that. Thank you so much anna security in london. For more on the crisis in london, lets bring in dr. Peter drobac from the university of oxford in england. Awaiting the vaccine for emergency use authorization from the fda, how excited are you about this . Well, kim, good to be with you again. A lot of good news not only from the Pfizer Vaccine and moderna and astrazeneca with the results. Thats three vaccines that have shown promising Clinical Trial results. With the application for the Pfizer Vaccine, it stills needs to go through, obviously, rigorous scientific review. And its important that is rigorous, so we can have faith in the results. But if things go well, it is possible there could be an approval of that first vaccine as early as a few weeks from now. Okay. Well, thats obviously, very welcome news. And it cant come soon enough, obviously with cases rising. You know, many here in this country on the left are quick to blame the Trump Administration for still being mired in the covid crisis, some, you know, nine, ten months after it all started. But you look at europe, where you are, cases are spiking all over the continent there, too. So, some might argue if so many other countries havent been able to get a handle on it, doesnt that absolve the u. S. Administration of a lot of the blame . I think as weve seen across the northern hemisphere, this is very challenging as we move into winter months but its not clear across the board. If you look at the difference between infection and death rates in canada and the u. S. , theyre starkly, starkly different. So i think it really demonstrates what is possible with good lead