1920 an all black officiating crew takes the field on monday night football. Plus a Major General motors recall involving some of the auto giants most popular and expensive suv models welcome to tuesday early today starts right now good morning, im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The Trump Administration is finally giving the green light for president elect joe bidens transition the head of the General Services administration cleared the way for the transfer of power last night after slowwalking the process for weeks. Our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us now with the latest tracie, good morning biden will have a lot of catching up to do. Reporter so, phillip, this means that joe biden will have 57 days instead of the 77 that president obama had to get his administration together before Inauguration Day this letter of ascertainment just signed off by the General ServicesAdministration Director calls him the apparent winner of the election and directs more than 7 million government dollars to the transition, along with opening the door to the biden transition cooperating with the rest of the federal government now, this comes at a time when theyre dealing with national security, with covid, it begins to open that door for coordinating we also heard, though, from president obama that this new biden team faces quite a challenge. There has been some damage done that is going to take some time to to dig ourselves out of, but theres no doubt that joe has got the right people to do t and i have every confidence they will be able to do t it just may not happen instantaneously. Reporter President Trump tweeting that even though he will direct employees to cooperate, his legal case strongly continues and he believes he will prevail meantime, this afternoon president elect biden expected to appear with some of his cabinet nominees, you can see there have been quite a few or quite a few expected to be announced today including several firsts, the first woman, antiyellen, the former fed chair as treasury secretary, the first woman as director of national intelligence, able real haines and the first latino and immigrant Alejandro Mayorkas tracie, thanks on nightly news this evening lester holt will sit down with president elect biden for an exclusive interview, his first since clinching the presidency. The world is seeing yet another glimmer of hope in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. Pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca in collaboration with Britains Oxford University says its covid19 vaccine could be up to 90 effective in preventing the virus. The data comes from a phase three trial which tested the vaccine at two different dosing levels, both of which involving giving patients two shots. The hope sfl news comes as new data Shows Americans trust in the race for the vaccine is slightly up. Here is nbcs tom costello. Reporter with multiple vaccines potentially on the way, Health Experts must now convince americans theyre safe, after the white house interfered in fda and cdc coronavirus guidance, americans confidence in those agencies and the vaccine process dropped, but now indications that confidence is slowly starting to return. A gallup poll finds 58 of now likely to get vaccinated, up from a low of 50 in september though 42 still say they wont get the vaccine. Weve got to make sure we engage the community there was no compromise of safety nor was there compromise of scientific integrity. Reporter vaccines typically take years to develop but the Covid Vaccines have been fast tracked in just nine months. Even some front line medical workers are cautious a third of nurses say they will get the vaccine, a third say no and the rest are unsure. I think were feeling a little reticent to step to the front of the line right now. Reporter veteran nurse marie is the Vice President of the massachusettser nurses union. Nurses of course want to see an end to this nightmare, but i need to hear what the fda says about vaccine. Reporter the former director of the cdc says both agencies have some work to do. The fda and the cdc reclaim its authority . You get the scientists at the cdc, fda and nih speaking directly and regularly to the american people, telling them what we know and what we dont know. Reporter also the nonprofit ad council is developing a 50 million ad blitz to persuade americans to get vaccinated. Much as they did in the 1950s with the polio vaccine tom, thank you. Although there is good news on the Covid Vaccine front, hospitals across the nation arent celebrating just yet, they are still struggling to handle the influx of patients. Cases and deaths are up in nearly half of the country this as more states put new restrictions in place to try to curb the spread. Here is nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter with a Record Number of americans hospitalized for 13 straight nights, our nation is on pace to soon hit 200,000 daily infections at the start of the pandemic it took months, then weeks to add a million cases, now just days researchers believe by january we could hit 20 million confirmed infections, larger than the population of new york state. Everybody has got a full emergency room. Reporter hospitals across the nation are falling deeper into crisis. The u. S. Air force dispatching nurses to north dakota, the National Guard loading bodies into make shift morgues in texas. Exhausted frontline workers are watching each other become infected. I still get scared thinking about it i got ive been in nursing for 20 years and that was actually my breaking point. Reporter after more troubling scenes of Mass Gatherings from weddings to bars, states like kentucky and nevada are ordering new restrictions as cases nearly triple in california, l. A. County, which has more infections than many states do, has ordered all restaurants to close indoor and Outdoor Dining by wednesday. In nearly half of all states deaths are up more than 50 . Thomas steel was on life support and needed a double Lung Transplant to beat covid. Theres nothing like sitting there in a hospital room gasping for every breath you take. Released, it was a miracle steel survived, but this sobering reminder, one american is dying roughly every minute from covid. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. As covid cases continue running rampant in california los angeles breaks a single day record with over 6,100 cases mayor Eric Garcetti is sounding the alarm as these numbers continue they could run out of hospital beds by christmas our Megan Fitzgerald has more. Frances, morning. Across the state of california the average weekly case count has more than tripled. Hospitalizations have nearly doubled and thats just within the last month that is why youre seeing long lines of cars like the ones behind me here at different testing sites. People trying to get tested ahead of the holiday season. We are in the San Fernando Valley right now and officials here in los angeles tell us that they are tracking in data closely. They know that the virus is spiking here in the San Fernando Valley which is why theyre going to be opening up another testing facility later on this morning that can test some 3,000 people of course, dodgers stadium, the largest testing facility in the entire country, has expanded hours. They are trying to increase the amount of testing they can do. At this point its 13,000 a day. The state believes that this is the key to trying to stop the surge here now, in addition to testing, theyve also put statewide restrictions in place. The counties that are seeing the highest number of coronavirus cases, those facilities that are nonessential are being asked to close by 10 00 p. M people are being told to stay home and in Los Angeles County starting wednesday evening they are restricting Outdoor Dining, telling restaurants that its takeout only of course, that is going to be a challenge for many of these restaurants that have been struggling to survive throughout the pandemic, but, again, they believe that restrictions and testing is a way to try to get a grip on this virus frances . And hopefully turn those numbers around thank you, megan. Just before College Basketballs tipoff this week coronavirus continues to take its toll on the sport. Baylor university will not play at the bubbleville in connecticut this week after head coach scott drew tested positive for the virus over the weekend and tennessee head coach rick barnes is in isolation after his positive test result the volunteer have suspended Team Activities while more tests are completed. On the womens side the university of connecticut ranked third in the country plans to miss their first four games of the season they halted Team Activities after a positive covid test in the program. Penguins from chicagos Shedd Aquarium got to march on the midway the bears were on a bye week allowing the penguins a lot of room to waddle around and stretch their happy feet on the grass. Hardly monsters of the midway, but still a fun little excursion out for them. They got more yards there than the entire bears back field all year David Montgomery better watch his back. Bill karins joining us to give us a look at the week ahead. Good morning. A little inside info there. Good morning, guys lets talk about the storm in the middle of the country, we have a little ice and snow out there this morning heading towards Northern Illinois and through areas of northwest iowa, northeast iowa and areas of wisconsin. We go from that wintry mess over to rain in the great lakes today. We will watch thunderstorms late today possibly even isolated severe storms, watch out, oklahoma city. And then those storms will roll tonight into early tomorrow morning into areas of tennessee. By wednesday afternoon the ohio valley is kind of wet. By thanksgiving day this storm goes all the to the east coast it looks like the southeast wet in the morning but then the afternoon is fine. The areas that will linger with the rain the longest on thanksgiving day unfortunately looks like fro okay, shouldnt be too bad Central Wisconsin has the best chance of an accumulating snow watch out for thunderstorms late today in oklahoma. We will give you the rest of that thanksgiving day forecast coming up. All right see you in a bit, bill thanks. Just in time for the holidays, Krispy Kremes festive doughnuts are coming in hot. The santa belly doughnut is making its return along a red velvet skris mass true and present tree. When we return are you on the road with a defective air bag . 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The statement highlights the Health Disparities and lack of access to health care in black and other historically marginalized communities in the stwas. This thanksgiving most americans plan to keep politics away from the dinner table, thats according to new polls from Morning Consult it indicates that adults in the u. S. Are nine points less likely to spend the holiday with their families as covid19 cases are on the rise. Thats compared to the previous September Survey a solid 59 still say they plan to get together and if they do celebrate with the family two in five americans said they will not talk politics at all during the festivities, regardless of whom they supported earlier this month. Easier said than done i say. All you need is that one uncle, cousin, motherinlaw saying one thing, hard to bite your tongue when it comes to that. Change everything. Jeopardy is set to resume production following the death of the shows beloved host alex interest beck. 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