Puppy is given a Second Chance at life after being snatched by an alligator. One mans heroic efforts being caught on camera. Its monday, november 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Welcome this monday morning. We hope you had a good weekend. That was probably the most intense i cant even say the word i want to say, but bad to the bone video ive seen. That man showed no fear. Look at that. I wanted to reach in there and help him. Im like, save that puppy help that man i got to find out the back story about this how it was caught on camera. Put down the camera. I dont know. Was it a stationary camera . I need to know more. We will get to it. Okay. Lets begin with the latest developments in the coronavirus emergency. Los angeles county is shutting down all inperson dining in an attempt to stop a surge of covid19 cases. Only takeout, drivethrough and delivery will be allowed starting wednesday night. New york city officials are investigating a reportedly secret Orthodox Jewish wedding attended by thousands of people, most of them unmasked. Since the start of this pandemic, more than 12. 2 Million People have been infected by the virus in the u. S. And nearly 257,000 have died. Trevor ault has more. Reporter the rush of holiday travelers swarming airports ahead of thanksgiving, ignoring cdc warnings it could further fuel an alreadyraging pandemic. Youve got to live your life at the end of the day. Thats all it is. Reporter though a different travel is expected from last year, nationwide the tsa screening 2 Million People over the weekend, some of the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic. Please seriously consider decisions that you make. Youre lining up, not everybodys wearing masks. That puts yourself at risk. Reporter millions scrambling to get tested, waiting in mileslong lines. If i come back positive, obviously im going to do the right thing and keep my family safe. Reporter medical experts warn because of the viruss incubation period, even testing negative wont necessarily protect you or your family. A negative test does not give you a pass. In two or three days i might turn positive and i will start being infectious and spreading it even before i have symptoms. Reporter across america, grim headlines as the virus tightens its grip yet again. In the past week well over 1. 1 million cases and 10,000 americans killed, the equivalent of a person dieing from coronavirus every minute. Its like a bad dream. Reporter houston mother irma garcia just retired from nasa only to fall victim to the virus months later. Every morning i want to wake up and call her and i just feel like, why did it happen to us . She was very strong. She didnt have any underlying issues. Reporter a record 83,000 Covid Patients are in the hospital nationwide, the numbers rising in every single state. This is faster. Its broader. And what worries me, it could be longer. Reporter as the infection rate rises in new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo is threatening to shut down nonessential businesses in parts of new york city. As californias average daily case numbers have tripled over the last month, los angeles is banning indoor and Outdoor Dining at restaurants and a nearly statewide curfew is sparking protest in several cities. Here in new york, the nypd said early sunday morning they broke up an illegal club in manhattan packed with 120 people. But there are reports earlier this month a wedding was held in brooklyn with 7,000 guests. Governor cuomo said if that happened, its a blatant disregard of the law and he wants a robust investigation. Trevor ault, abc news, new york. All right, trevor, thank you. The pursuit of a Coronavirus Vaccine now has some steps marked on the calendar. The first comes in just over two weeks when the first vaccine will be approved. Americans will start receiving it soon after that. As abcs Stephanie Ramos reports. Reporter the chief scientific advisor of operation warp speed saying the First Americans could be vaccinated against covid19 as soon as december 11th. We are ready to start shipping vaccines within 24 hours from approval and hopefully people will start to be immunized i would say within 48 hours from the approval. Reporter the fda announcing it will have a public hearing for its request for emergency use authorize of its vaccine on december 10th. Until vaccines are widely available, promising therapeutics getting the green light. Therapeutics getting the green light. This weekend, regeneron, the same antibody treatment used by the president , was granted emergencyuse authorization by the fda for people ages 12 and over and for those at higher risk of developing severe illness from covid. The drug, genetically engineered in a lab, imitates the bodys natural defenses. Just one dose, delivered through an iv, has been shown to protect some people from developing severe disease. It gets to work right away, blocking the virus from entering and infecting healthy cells. Earlier this month, eli lillys antibody drug also receiving emergency use authorization. Im on day two outside the infusion. Im having some fatigue, but thats improved. Reporter weve been following dr. David schultz in indiana. One of the first in the country to receive the drug since he began his treatment nearly two weeks ago. He appears to have made a full recovery. Were very grateful for all those doing research, those who have worked in the Vaccine Development and those working in our hospitals and clinics around the country. Reporter it will still take months, of course, before enough doses are ready for all americans. Scientists fear convincing people to take it will be tough, a recent poll finding more than 40 of americans are hesitant to take an fda approved vaccine. Much of it having to do with the you political context under which that vaccine was created. Stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. Stephanie, thank you opinion. As President Trump continues to block a key transition to power, key states are moving forward to officially joe bidens victory. The president s team is filing an appeal in pennsylvania after a judge dismissed their attempt to delay certification of the Election Results. Michigan is expected to certify its Election Results today but at least one republican official is expected to vote against certifying. Meanwhile, more republicans are criticizing the president s claims of fraud. Quite frankly, the conduct of the president s legal team has been a national embarrassment. They allege fraud outside the courtroom, but when they go inside the courtroom they dont plead fraud and they dont argue fraud. Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski is among the republicans speaking out. She says its time to begin the full and formal transition process. President elect joe biden set to unveil some of his cabinet picks tomorrow. Sources have already revealed that long time adviser tony blinken is expected to be appointed as secretary of state. Blinken has worked with biden and served as deputy secretary of state under president obama. He would be tasked with bolstering International Alliances strained under President Trump. Georgia senator Kelley Loeffler will remain in isolation after testing positive for the virus saturday. But a second test came back inconclusive. Her Campaign Says a retest of the second results came back negative. Loeffler will continue selfisolating out of abundance of caution. Breaking news from san jose, california, Police Say Two people have been fatally stabbed at a church. The citys mayor says others are, quote, seriously wounded. Officers say no Church Services were being held at the time of the stabbings. They apparently helped as Homeless People were being allowed into the church to avoid the cold. The washington football teams third win of the season was a special one for quarterback alex smith. He earned his first victory since suffering a life threatening leg injury two years ago. Smith said winning was another thing he never thought hed be doing again. Special moment for him and for washington there. Also in washington, a couple of really big deals have come into town. The white house released this video of two turkeys from iowa arriving at the willard hotel. One of them will be the official pardoned turkey at the white house ceremony tomorrow. The other will be the alternate. We do not know their names yet. Feel free to tweet us to let us know what you think their names should be. President trump will do the pardoning in the white house rose garden, carrying out a tradition that started in 1947. This is a break from tradition because the birds usually go to the facility at virginia tech. Nope, not this year. No, not this year at all. They are being held up at the willard hotel. Fancy. I love how we said the other is the alternate and we dont know which one is which. Its like the hunger games, literally. Literally. Get it . Are you a turkey no, wait. I always forget. Im trying to learn your diet about what you eat, what you dont eat. I dabble in turkey. Okay. Yeah. Its all right. Were a ham family. Oh, no, no pork. No pork chops for mona. Pork, no. Chicken, yes. And you like a lot of vegan dishes. We could do beyond meat turkey. How would you like that . Should i do that for our friendsgiving . Im planning our holiday meal here at world news now. Okay. Got it. Coming up, how much weight americans expect to gain this holiday season. Speaking of planning these meals. Plus, the big names, the big acts and the big fashion at the American Music awards. If you didnt see it, may not believe who took home the top prize. But first, caught on camera. What one man did to save the life of his puppy. To save the life of his puppy. For the eighth time this year, theres been a deadly shark attack in australia. The latest incident happened yesterday morning in western australia. The government says 22 people have been mauled by sharked this year. The eight deaths are the most in 91 years. And back here at home, some frightening moments were caught on tape involving a puppy and an alligator. But tlmt, it was dogs best friend to the rescue. Reporter this morning, dramatic video of a dog owner saving his pet, wrestling his fourlegged friend from an alligator. He just came out from under the water like a missile. Reporter richard millbanks puppy, gunner, was walking along the pond of his florida home when a 5foot gator drugged him underwater. As soon as i heard gunner yelp and i saw the alligator, i just reacted. Reporter richard, who was only 50 feet away, immediately chased after his puppy, catching hold of the gator, walking him up to the bank and prying his jaws open, allowing gunner to break free and run away. It all happened so fast, it was just reaction. Reporter the heroic feat captured on Surveillance Video by the Florida Wildlife Federation. I wouldnt say its necessarily common, but its not unheard of for pets to be put into a situation where they may be harmed by some sort of predator or wildlife. Reporter gunner was taken to the hospital with a single puncture wound. Richard had a few cuts on his hands and is also okay. His wife saying the bond between gunner and her husband is rock solid. Could it have been even more bonding . I dont know, because when rick is around, the dog does not give me the time of day. You know, im so attached to him. Hes just wonderful. Reporter the Florida Wildlife Federation says it decided to release the video because it is a teachable moment, showing how quickly pets can get into danger. They recommend keeping dogs on leashes and making sure youre aware of your surroundings at all times. Lord, i was like that was like a drama, action, thriller. I was like, whats going to happen . That cigar did not fall out of that mans mouth. Little gunner gunned it as soon as he could. Willbanks basically said that holding the alligator wasnt tough, but trying to pry his jaws open, as you can imagine, because they are very strong animals, was the hardest part. But he did it. Like you said, he never dropped his cigar. It was a little soggy, but he didnt care. Im so thankful it wasnt a bigger gator. It could have gone so much differently. Id still put my money on him. I know. That cigar did not move. Gunner, be careful, gunner. Stay away from those bodies of water in florida, like i did. When i worked down there, i didnt go near a retention pond, a lake. I stayed away. Sea world. Disney world. No, no, no. Yeah. Glad everybody is okay this morning. Coming up, the stars dialing up the heat on the American Music awards. Including the sizzling performance by jenny from the block. Look at her, all over that chair. Arod, hes so happy. Youre watching world news now. It was one of last nights it was one of last nights most theatrical moments on the American Music awards. Dua lipa levitating in the premier of her smash hit levitating. Will ganss has more of the highlights. Get it, high . If you dont levitate right now, theres no point in this live shot. Guys, im not kidding when i asked if i could be lowered in today on dua lipas levitation machine. Will, when are you going to use those steps back there . Ive used them before. You guys just werent looking. You dont know what goes on before i get on camera. Dua lipa was flying off the stage, but that was mild compared to the rest of the nights performances at the amas. Were talking fireworks. Were talking taraji in a gazillion gilttering outfit changes. And a whole lot of sex appeal on stage. J. Lo, my goodness, a sizzling performance from Jennifer Lopez and malula cranking up the heat at last nights American Music awards. Just like Megan Thee Stallion who performed body for the first time live. Also putting the red in red hot, billie eilish. The 2020 amas focusing on stellar performances and surprising duets. Katy perry, for the first time as a mom, performing alongside country star darius rucker. And the weeknd pairing up with kenny g. The weeknd still sticking with his bandage motif during recent live performances. Fans joking hell do the super bowl halftime show like this. The fan voted American Music awards hosted in a socially distant microsoft theater in los angeles. Live fans in the nosebleeds watchi as host taraji p. Henson proved shes more than simply an Academy Award nominated actress. Dancing and joking her way through the night. The biggest awards going to doja cat. For best new artist. And bts during their epic show closer. But the nights top honor, artist of the year, going to taylor swift, who used her acceptance speech to tease new projects. The reason im not there tonight is im actually rerecording all of my old music in the studio where we originally recorded it. So its been amazing and i cant wait for you to hear it. We cant wait to hear it. Taylor won three awards total last night, continuing her streak as the amas most awarded artist of all time, 32 total wins. Nice. Since you cant levitate, can you give us a little body, body . I want to ask you something, will. Taylor swift, where was she recording . Im thinking nashville, right . Thats where her career started. Rerecording her old albums right now as we speak. Okay, fun, nice. Thank you, will. We appreciate it. Thank you, guys. Coming up, repurposing a new halloween classic. Those 12foot skeletons from home depot are back for another round of holiday fun. The mix is next. Time now for the mix. Kenneth is deciding to start healthy habits. Im getting ready. Its thanksgiving week. We about to eat, yall. We already know that even prepandemic that the holidays are a notorious time for weight gain, but this year do you want to know how much americans are expected to gain . I dont want to know. Im going to tell you anyway. This is for the people. So on average most americans usually gain about six pound during the holidays. This year, seven. Not bad, right . We deserve it. Just one more pound. Exactly. Thats already added to that quarantine 13. You dont need to shame people right now. With that mindset, 43 of americans are planning to break their diets and gain seven pounds. They did ask more questions in this survey. 45 of respondents surveyed said theyve eaten so much they had to loosen their pants. 40 said theyve gone back for seconds, including dessert. 12 have admitted they hid their favorite holiday foods for later. This survey is writing it off. Next year they expect everybody to pick back up their healthy habits, new year, new me. This year its probably just whats left of me. Were surviving. We sure are. Speaking of this pandemic and surviving it, this 5yearold girl, yall, shes so cute. Her grandma told her to put on a mask, they were going to go to the store. She said, you know what, im going to put on my mandalorian mask. You werent specific. Obviously her grandma said, also you need to wear a cloth mask under this, but you could still wear the mandalorian mask as well. Very cute there. I love it so much. Adorable. Look at her cute little pigtails too. Make it fashion. Remember we told you during halloween there was that hard to find skeleton that home depot was selling for 300, it was like 12 feet tall. Oh yeah. Because it was so coveted, because people spent that much on it, they decided to repurpose it for thanksgiving. This family out in los angeles decided to go ahead and put the mayflower fit including the kicks on the skeleton and use it for thanksgiving. They plan on using it there you go, this other family decided to use it for christmas. Youve got to repurpose. Expensive. Were going to end on this cute puppy paddling there in australia with the dolphins. This is so much better than what we saw a few minutes ago. Breaking news on america this morning. Violence breaks out at a church in california. Several people are stabbed. At least two are dead. The latest from the scene overnight. Airports crowded as americans defy cdc guidelines and travel for thanksgiving. Coronavirus cases sky rocketing. One death almost every minute. What were learning about the timeline for the first vaccine and the new restrictions on restaurants, bars and gyms. Breaking overnight, bide choice. The president elect announcing his choice for secretary of state. Two major votes today to secur