Inflection point in the global fight against the horrible pandemic. The United States will soon pass another horrific milestone, 50 million cases. Monday, more than 192,000 new infections, 1400 new deaths, 200,000 cases per day on average is a new american record and new american shame. President elect biden introduces his health care team, thats next hour. Its members favor giants from the Pandemic Response and include a history making choice to leetd healad health and huma services. And defense secretary. And a little democratic grumbling about that choice. New analysis says the Pfizer Vaccine is 95 effective against the virus after two doses. Researchers confirm that astrazenecas vaccine candidate is 70 effective. Both results of course are encouraging news. Now, part of the Biden Administration challenge is getting and distributing enough vaccines for every american and giant questions how long that will take. President trump today planning to sign an America First executive order with stated goal of getting a Coronavirus Vaccine to americans before other nations. How that will work, whether it will work at all, is murky. White house officials are provides few details. Asked if he knows what the president is trying to do, the chief scientific adviser shrugged. Frankly i dont know. Frankly i am staying out of this, i cant comment. Youre the chief science officer for operation warp speed. Our work is rolling. We feel we can deliver the vaccines as needed. I dont know exactly what this order is about. The wait for vaccine crushes up against the here and now, horrific numbers of the here and now. Lets look at the latest number before we continue the conversation. Here is just another depressing map. 36 states, red and orange, heading the wrong direction. What does it mean, more new covid infections compared to last week. Deep red states, in those states 50 more infections at least. 50 more this week compared to last, you see arizona and california among those. They were big part of the summer surge. Fall, winter as well. If you look at yesterday, this is depressing numbers when you think of this. More than 192,000 cases yesterday. United states is averaging 200,000 new cases a day. 1400 deaths reported from coronavirus in the United States of america yesterday. 102,000 plus people hospitalized across 50 states. 102,000 plus hospitalized because of covid19. The total cases again are breaking records, none of these are records that any of us want to talk about. 15 million cases, we are on the verge of that, you see the numbers. This is what is driving it. Find your state in the United States. Find your state on the map. Darker the color, higher the positivity rate. 36 in pennsylvania, 34 in alabama, 39 in iowa, 43 kansas, california, 10 . Public Health Experts say get it to 5 and push it down. So many states, the majority are well above 5 , some above 30 and 40 . California putting new restrictions in place because the governor has seen this before. Remember where california was driving in the summer surge. Now it is cases well above that. New confirmed cases you see there. This is hospitalizations in california, during the dangerous and deadly summer surge. Now you see hospitalizations in california passing that as well. So the governor says yes, he hopes the vaccine is coming and coming soon, but it is a giant state, a lot of people. He has new restrictions in place, hospitalizations are up, the governor understands parents are now worried about children and schools. As a parent, when you have background rates that are exploding, when you see icus and hospital rates that are putting tremendous strain and pressure that it is not inappropriate for these parents and professionals to express some concern and anxiety about safety of their children. I want to see them back into the classroom but it must be done safely. Joining us to discuss the challenge in california, how it impacts the nation, californias health and Human Services secretary, dr. Mark galley. Great to see you. Appreciate your time, especially given the urgency. You hear the governor talk about anxiety. Theres anxiety across your state and across the country. Help me understand the context of the moment. The governor says theres hope on the horizon, the vaccine is coming. But youre in the middle of a crisis that has lead to severe new restrictions, essentially putting almost a lockdown back in place. Where are you . Well, john, thanks for having me. Absolutely the governor is right, were experiencing a surge like weve never seen. Weve seen surges before, but not like this. We are pulling out the tool we know worked in the past and that is asking people at great sacrifice, we know, to stay at home as much as possible. And the new regional stay at home order that the governor put into place now effecting two large regions in california is exactly that, asking our public to make yet another sacrifice, to continue to save lives in california and keep our Health System safe and able to do the work we expect of it. So what you get in he have t itably, you have people going through it a third time. Onset in march, april, summer surge that hit california hard, now you have where you are now. People get confused, some people are tired, some dont trust government officials sadly. I want to read this from l. A. Times from yesterday, dr. Monica gondi. It is not because the public is irresponsible, theyre losing trust in Public Health officials that put out arbitrary restrictions. We are failing Public Health messaging. Do you think youre failing in Public Health messaging . Is it that times change, weeks change, situation changes from day to day, week to week . What is the challenge here . I think all of america is seeing how this is evolved, not only has the disease and transmission evolved, i think our approaches and our ability to hear messages has changed. For california, part of the reason why we went with what we know works is the stay at home concept is an order that people can really relate to and understand. It is one of the hardest recommendations, but it is something that is clearer than some of the different approaches where were looking at sector to sector, giving out guidance that some call arbitrary, some feel overwhelmed and frustrated by. So really, californians, stay home as much as you can, transmission is too high. We have done it once, we can do it again. Appreciate your insights. We will keep in touch as california and the rest of us go through yet again a spike in cases. Sir, good luck in days ahead. Move on to President Trumps focus, another vaccine summit. What you might call his final, quote, America First message. I put it in quotes because white house officials tell us the president will sign an executive order that will give Americans First dibs at a Coronavirus Vaccine, but white house officials are hesitant to explain if or how such an order would actually work. Lets get straight to the white house and kaitlan collins. Is this about protecting americans or is it what it sounds like which is politics . Reporter it is raising a lot of questions and were not getting a lot of answers on this, john. One of the questions is does this have anything to do with what were seeing play out with pfizer now which is where pfizer is saying they did approach the administration earlier this summer, they offered to sell them more doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine because of course they only secured 100 million doses through agreements that they were making with the companies before they knew if the vaccines would work. So they were moving with this, pfizer said they offered it, the white house denied that offer, saying they would stick with 100 million doses. It is raising questions when pfizer will be able to deliver more doses to the American People moving forward. Now, the white house is denying that they rejected any offer. It is raising questions on the executive order, since it is supposed to be giving americans the vaccine first and then distributing through the world and international community. That raises the question, john, can the United States stop a company from distributing its vaccine elsewhere if it already made commitments with those companies. Thats something that the white house is not shedding a lot of light on. We are waiting to see what answers to that will be. We know there will be this vaccine summit here at the white house today whereof course the white house is even bluntly admitted in part this is on congratulating the president on his efforts with operation warp speed and broader efforts of the administration. This comes i want to point out as we are learning that the trump attorney, jenna ellis, who has chris crossed the country with Rudy Giuliani informed people she tested positive for coronavirus. That comes after we found out sunday that Rudy Giuliani himself, john, was hospitalized with coronavirus. And the president said yesterday that he was doing well. One thing that this raises a question about with jenna ellis, we were told she was at a Christmas Party at the white house with senior staff friday and was not wearing a mask. Of course, it is unclear if she was contagious then. We dont know a lot of details surrounding her diagnosis. This is someone else youve often seen flouting Health Guidelines that now tested positive in the president s inner circle. Dozens, dozens of members of the president s inner circle. The fact she would be at a holiday reception, the fact those are held without yeah. We have been down this road before, we see ramifications of reckless behavior, sorry, thats what it is, ramifications of reckless behavior. So many questions. Dr. Sanjay gupta salt dot down the fda administrator, he was called into meetings with the white house chief of staff, the president was frustrated that the fda including vaccine rollouts werent happening as quickly as the president would like. Listen to what steven hahn told sanjay. It was a vigorous discussion. Were you pressured . So, you know, the same i think is being pressured by you, although youre not pressuring me, asking questions why it takes us so long. I think it is a natural question. I dont mind being asked that, so no, i dont think it is any different than this. It is my job, our job to explain that, and thats what happened. It was nothing more than that. Does that match our reporting, it was nothing more than that or is that his smart team player perspective . Reporter thats his view of it. Thats certainly not what we were hearing from white house officials ahead of the meetings. Remember, there were two meetings two days in a row between mark meadows and steven hahn. The fda was worried about the first meeting, they were putting out preemptive statements to outlets talking about the decision making. They said it is not his decision alone, it is up to career scientists as well. Saying he didnt feel pressured by that, the white house and president have bluntly admitted they have put pressure on the fda to move quickly on this. He has stood up to it most of the time publicly. Remarkable to see, kaitlan collins, appreciate the live reporting, dr. 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A public introduction of the health team that will lead his administrations response to coronavirus pandemic. The team is headed by California Attorney general and former democratic congressman xavier becerra, the pick for health and Human Services. You see other members of the team there. Theres constant pressure from democratic constituency groups. Later today, biden and Kamala Harris are meeting with black civil rights leaders. He is tapping latinos to head hhs and homeland security, and we know going into todays meeting plans to make history again, naming the first africanamerican defense secretary, lloyd austin. You see him there, the president elects choice to lead the pentagon. Jeff zeleny joins us from wilmington, delaware. Jeff, were seeing in all picks, general austin is a textbook example of it, joe biden, Diversity Matters to him, and he promised a cabinet that looks like america. He is trying to make history at every move. Also has a comfort zone he wants to keep as well. Reporter john, he absolutely does. You can look through the names of most cabinet nominees, his role. Who he is comfortable with. He certainly fits the bill. It is the barrier breaking nature of the historically nature that really i am told drew the president elect to make this choice. It will be official later today. We may see the two of them this week. It is the idea of breaking the Glass Ceiling inside the pentagon. It is made via u. S. Military, army in particular, made up of minorities. African americans certainly. Having an africanamerican man as defense secretary is something that joe biden said he wants and this is his choice. John, the issue here is some Senate Democrats are going to have to decide if they want to grant that waiver. We talked about it all day. The waiver is the pentagon chief is supposed to be a civilian position. Thats how the structure is set up by law in this country, civilian control of the military. He is only out of the army four years. He would have to get that waiver. Manu raju is hearing questions and blow back from Senate Democrats saying theyre not sure if theyll do that. Thats something to keep an eye on. Much more historic if he is confirmed, not just announced, john. Again, joe biden is trying to keep some constituency happy. You make one group happy, another is upset. Thats the nature and challenge of governing. The austin pick highlights competing pressures on president elect biden. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn happy at making history. I think it is a great appointment. I raise the issues i raise because this is a stark election. I wanted to see this administration do historic things. This is an historic occasion. Austin retired a few years ago, Needs Congress to give him a waiver to serve in the pentagon position. Some democrats wanted the president elect to name the first woman to lead the pentagon. Others wary of a former general in that role. Democratic congresswoman in michigan that served in a top pentagon job says this today. I have deep respect for general lloyd austin. We worked together in iraq when he commanded u. S. Forces there, when he was vice chief of the army and sent come commander. But another role designed for civilian just feels off. Joining us to discuss, it is fascinating. I noted with jeff, joe biden is making history. Two latino picks at hhs and homeland security. This, the first black leading the pentagon. Yet every time he does something he thinks should make part of the democratic paerrty happy, someone else is unhappy. The campaign saying he would have the most diverse cabinet in history, he is trying to fulfill that promise. When you do that, you have a high bar to meet with constituen constituencies that want to be part of it, want members of their communities represented in limited number of cabinet positions. It makes it difficult when you have specific groups that want their members, theyre pushing for their members, specifically when it comes to high ranking cabinet officials like defense department, attorney general, treasury secretary, a number of different officials that joe biden has already named, a few that are still remaining. He will be pushing hard. Theres going to be some question between different groups jockeying for positions about how to allocate various positions, make sure the most qualified person is put in positions and make sure none of the groups are left out. Joe biden is walking a tight rope, trying to appease various groups he made promises to while trying to put together a cabinet that can fulfill his policy goals and make sure he runs a smooth government and has a clean break from the Trump Administration over the past four years. We talked a lot, he talked a lot himself, the president elect, about trying to prove you can still reach out, work with republicans. Well see. There are skeptics in his own party and in this town that that role still exists where a democratic president can work with republicans. What about the challenge of working with democrats. A lot of democrats were upset when President Trump picked general mattis to be pentagon chief, a lot of democrats were upset when john kelly, chief of staff, was not a confirmable position, too reliant on bringing military into the government. Jack reed, 82nd airborne veteran, from rhode island says this. Waiving the law should happen no more than once in a generation. I will not support a waiver for future nominees nor will i support any effort to water down a repeal to the statute in the future. Is jack reed going to defy his democratic president and joe biden or say i didnt mean it. He is going to have a test about whether or not he will keep his word. There are a number of democrats that want to have that civil, military relationship maintained, even though after four years of President Trump it was a different approach. That would be a big test. I expect some democrats to say thats too far of a bridge for us, we want to maintain the status we had in the past, not continue what happened during the first Trump Administration. Very evenly balanced senate no matter how the two georgia runoffs work out. An interesting one of many interesting challenges already for the new president elect. Grateful for your reporting and insights. We will continue the conversation. Up next, back to coronavirus and shocks. The uk starts rolling out a covid vaccine. Airlines, hotels, food delivery, and especially car dealers all charge excessive, lastminute fees. When you want something badly enough, it feels like your only choice is to pay up. But what if you had a choice to take a stand instead . At carvana, we believe in treating you better. 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The first image came through, first person vaccinated by the fascinating vaccine in the world, shes 91 next week. Margaret keenan. Shes an instant celebrity. Hear from her and other people around the uk in that first round of vaccinations. It is free and it is the best thing thats ever happened. And it is the best at the moment. I dont think people should be afraid of the vaccine, they should go for it. Theres nothing to it. It has been such an exciting day. Do you feel like part of history . Yes. Are you excited by that . Yeah, yeah. Why is that . New possibility and possibility to not pass on infection to patients. Reporter speaking there, john, someone in the vaccination center, in wales, locations are secret, concerned they may turn up in cue for vaccinations. It is trusted vaccine, 60 dont trust it. The whole system is working. The big challenge is the next stage, getting to local areas and thats the big technical challenge. There are so many issues here at the moment, it is just that these hospitals are so far positive news. Max foster in wales. Love the attitude. Just go for it. Thats awesome. Max, thanks so much for the live report. An Fda Advisory Committee meeting thursday to discuss pfizers vaccine and request for emergency authorization. Today we get a peek at the data theyll discuss. Briefing document confirms the vaccine offers some protection after the first dose, is 95 effective seven days after the second dose. Up to 4. 6 of participants had severe adverse reactions. In trials, 6 of 43,000 participants died. Astrazenecas candidate, interim analysis of its phase three trial confirms that vaccine from astrazeneca is 70 effective. Moments ago, the fda commissioner talked to sanjay gupta about what he calls rigorous authorization process that lies ahead for a vaccine. Dr. Steven hahn is optimistic good news is coming soon beginning with the Pfizer Vaccine. Our team has done their initial analysis and we do feel that preliminary it is we depend on outside experts from the vaccine rockiadvisory commi that will be thursday and expect shortly after to make a decision. Bring in scholar from john hopkins university. Good to see you. Help us understand the context of the moment. It is a punishing time, you look at the day to day infections and hospitalizations, day to day death toll. Yet you see the remarkable scenes out of the uk, you hear dr. Hahn that it should get emergency authorization pretty quickly from the advisory committee. Where are we . Were in a bad place when it comes to cases in the United States, hospitalizations in the United States and deaths in the United States. It is appropriate to be very enthusiastic and excited about the have vaccine. I wish i could get mine today. We have work to do. There will be a lot of people that infected and die between now and when rollout is available to the general public. Theres still a lot of effort needs to be on the basics of testing, tracing, isolating, getting people to follow common sense recommendations. We are looking at hospitals on a daytoday basis that worry about capacity. Listen here, the Trump Administration for all its mistakes appears to have had some success in operation warp speed encouraging and supporting the companies trying to develop it in the private sector a vaccine and being ready to mass produce and distribute. We will see. Proof will be put in the pudding. Listen to dr. Slaoui, there was opportunity to buy more vaccine last summer, they said no, they were spreading money and resources between a number of providers. He says that was the right way to go. Once the vaccines performance is known is the right time, given the strategy we have taken to go and order more vaccine doses which we may be doing, and constructive thing to do if one of the suppliers has challenges producing enough vaccine doses is to roll our sleeves and help ensure capacity can be increased and have more vaccine doses. I am comfortable as is the operation. Back at the beginning they didnt know would pfizer be ready first or moderna first, would astrazeneca be ready first, would anybody be ready first. They ordered 300 million from astrazeneca, 100 million from pfizer, 100 million from johnson johnson, from moderna. Thats what you did when you didnt know who would get to the finish line first. Do you think they should change the approach with two vaccines with 90 plus efficacy, the astrazeneca data shows 70 plus efficacy. Is it time to stick with the plan or change the plan because of what we know . I think in the beginning it made sense to have a portfolio approach and layered approach, not knowing which candidate would end up crossing the finish line first, what data would show. Many things dont make it to phase three. We can down select some. I think there has to be fundsin for Second Generation vaccines, we may find one thats better, given in one dose and not given in cold storage. We are in the middle of a Public Health emergency. Quicker we get vaccine into people, the quicker this end. This is a hard decision, not something i can give an easy answer to. I think we need to put more resources into the ability to deliver the Pfizer Vaccine, probably the Moderna Vaccine which will be the first two to get emergency use authorization. We can get vulnerable populations protected, give hospitals breathing room, get some semblance of normalcy back. Grateful as always for your time and expertise as we go through it. The challenge of the moment. Hope on the horizon. Grateful for your time. Thank you. Up next, the president and his allies keep losing in the effort to reverse americas 2020 choice. Another effort suggests they will, yes, keep trying. It was absolutely terrifying. I felt like i was just fighting an uphill battle in my career. As a little kid i knew that i wanted to work with computers. So when i heard about the applied Digital Skills courses, that definitely appealed to me. Youre learning how to create spreadsheets, documents, forms and surveys. Im thinking i can become more marketable. I got to about the third course and im like, you know, i probably could do this for a living. You dont need to be a computer expert to be great at this. These are skills lots and lots of people can learn. I feel hopeful about the future now. Its empowering to have that knowledge that nobody can take away from you. Today, one month after election day, the president getting help in his bid to defy math and democracy. The Texas Attorney general asking the Supreme Court of the United States to take up a lawsuit with intended goal of tossing election results. Paxton argues four battleground states carried by president elect joe biden, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, ignored state and federal election law when they adopted new coronavirus voting rules. Lets discuss with cnn contributor, veteran republican election lawyer ben ginsburg. I want to read from the paxton statement. He says georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin destroyed that trust and compromised security of the 2020 election. States violated statute enacted by duly elected legs tours. They have not only tanlted the in test rit of their own citizens vote in texas and any other state with lawful elections. The last way trying to say i have standing, what he thinks was bad in those states reflects badly on texas. I see it as a guy trying to establish himself as trump republican. Do you see legal merits to it . Absolutely none. The notion a Texas Attorney general is going to try to disenfranchise voters from four other states for laws that were in effect on election day is just not meritorious in the least. And ken paxton is an interesting case, john, because he is the subject of a federal securities violation investigation since 2015. He had bribery investigations started because of some people in his office say he acted improperly with a donor and this kind of feels like an addition for the celebrity trump pardon list. Thats a perspective i hadnt thought of, ben, thats why youre here. Youre smarter than i am when it comes to these things. Were at 40 something losses, one modest victory for team trump in one of the particulars of a pennsylvania identification, but they have been losing and losing and losing and losing. Sometimes theres a reason you stepped away from this and are here with us, you didnt want a part of this. Most accomplished election lawyer of the last 25 years. This is the response from wisconsin state, the governor and his team to a complaint filed in another trump lawsuit. Dominion voting machines, a conspiracy that somebody hacked into or cooked the machines to make biden win. Dominion machines arent used in relevant counties. The complaint alleges egregious conduct in 8 counties. But included in plaintiffs own exhibits show that dominion machines are used in only two counties, and those counties are places where President Trump won. So not only are they losing because they cant prove fraud, this is like a journalism intern kicked out of work or flunk the 101 class. The facts are wrong. The u. S. Supreme court has the paxton case and case brought by a congressman from pennsylvania, both trying to invalidate results. The u. S. Supreme court jumped into bush v gore to end the chaos. The Supreme Court could jump in, reject the texas and pennsylvania cases now and stop a little bit of the chaos that seems to be brewing. And you dont see the loosest thread the Supreme Court could do anything other than that, do you . No. And i think as sort of evidence of that, you can look at what the lower courts have said about the trump lawsuits and thats been true of judges appointed by trump and all other courts. Ben ginsburg, grateful for your time and expertise. I think were almost to the end of this, i think. We shall see. Up next for us, the Misinformation Campaign in Georgias Senate races. Tech every customer has their own safelite story. This couple was on a camping trip. When their windshield got a chip. They drove to safelite for a sameday repair. And with their insurance, it was no cost to them. Woman really . Tech thats service you can trust. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. Theres new concern in the trump west wing this hour over the possibility of another White House Coronavirus outbreak. Jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, ivanka trump, his daughter, attended a holiday reception friday. Also in attendance, jenna ellis, the lawyer that sources tell us since tested positive for covid19. Ivanka trump posted several photos from the event on her social media accounts. Cnn asked ivanka trumps spokesperson if she and her husband came in contact with ellis or if they intended to quarantine. As of this moment, no response. All eyes on two Senate Runoffs in georgia. They would impact or could impact the balance of power in the United States senate. With all that high profile attention comes a surge in misinformation. Two campaigns getting a lot of attention, with a lot of attention comes a lot of mischief. Reporter absolutely, john. As georgia Takes Center Stage in the political universe, so too does misinformation in the states. I will tell you, some of trumps supporters, a bit like the president are living in a parallel universe, do not believe trump lost the election, to not accept that he lost the state of georgia, and they believe despite all of the evidence, elections in this state are rigged. The president was here at a rally saturday. I spoke to some supporters. Have a listen. Republicans who are supporters of President Trump who believe that trump didnt lose the election here, who believe the election in georgia is rigged, some folks are saying theyre not going to show up. I understand them because were pissed. What told voters in georgia the other day, if you dont believe the election is fair, dont show up and vote. Newt gingrich, another georgia republican, said thats going to destroy the republican party, give democrats control of the senate. The Republican People and base a reason to get off our tails and vote for you. If you dont stop this fraud of an election, you dont have our back, why are we having yours. John, thats the story. You can see how misinformation being pedalled by the president could really, really backfire in the state of georgia with Critical Senate runoff elections. Some republicans considering not showing up to vote or not voting republican at all in a way to try to punish the Republican Senate candidates for in their view not standing by the president. John . It is just remarkable. Truth and fact should matter. Donie osullivan, grateful for you to be on the ground in those important races. Up next, House Republican leader says he will not go against the president in a fight over defense spending. Now is the time for a new bath from bath fitter. Every bath fitter bath is installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. Go from old to new. From worn to wow. The beautiful bath youve always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. 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This is a 740 billion defense bill, authorizes projects around the country in districts around the country, it has been done every year for more than a half century. Congress is expected to approve it, but because of the president s opposition over unrelated issues, he is going to veto the bill and a lot of republicans plan to side with him. The president is concerned that the bill does not attack social Media Companies and wants to roll back protections for twitter and facebook and others. Thats something that the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Jim inhoff says doesnt belong on the bill. He spoke with President Trump last night for 30 minutes, told the president how significant a bill it is and disappointed with him vetoing this. Kevin mccarthy said he would side on the president on the ultimate veto override. That means, john, it appears it will be difficult to get twothirds majority in the House Chamber to override the veto. House Democratic Leaders are uncertain they have the votes there. It is likely in the senate they would have twothirds majority, but the house unlikely to. They may have to wait for the new president to come into get this major bill through. I think that may be a clue to the question, the answer to the question i am about to ask. The election was a month ago. We knew the winner just shy of that. House republicans, are they any closer to the idea that it is a President Biden theyre dealing with in 43 days . Reporter certainly not at this point, theyre not saying so publicly. In a closed door meeting this morning, top congressional republicans, including senator mcconnell, congressman mccarthy, both joined an effort to reject a resolution affirming that joe biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in january 20th as part of the inaugural committee discussions. So a sign, john, theyre not ready to accept the president elect joe biden just yet. That means not ready to accept facts, not ready to accept math, not ready to respect democracy. Means a lot. Manu raju, appreciate that and your time today. Hope to see you back here this time tomorrow. Dont go anywhere. Busy day. Brooke baldwin picks up coverage now. Have a good day. Here we go. Youre watching cnn this tuesday. Brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. We begin with contrasting moments in the fight against the pandemic, all unfolding this afternoon. First up this hour, you have president elect joe biden, introducing members of his health team. These are the scientists and doctors he says that will help him defeat covid19 all starting january 20th. On the other, you have President Trump today. He will be holding a summit where he is expected to sign this executive order to make it a priority for americans to get the vaccine before anyone else. Sources tell cnn he will take credit for the