The practice run in phoenix, and were there. The Pfizer Vaccine will be stored in these freezers under tight security. What happens to the vaccine if its not kept cold enough . Will it still work . What we learned today about the Moderna Vaccine. What patients in the trials are showing three months after their second shot. President elect bidens grim warning about the economy tonight, warning the recovery is stalling. Pushing for the 900 billion relief bill. Mary bruce asking if hes talked to Republican Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. The noreaster moving up the coast at this hour. Heavy rain, whiteout conditions. Winds up to 55 miles per hour. Washington, d. C. , to philadelphia, new york, up through boston and new england. Rob marciano timing it out tonight. Two mystery deaths at ft. Bragg. The bodies of a green beret and an army veteran found in a Training Area. The deadly shooting at an american highway. A young icu nurse found shot and killed behind the wheel. She was on her way to work. The stunning moment the High School Football player blindsiding a referee, tackling him, and now the fallout. And theyre lighting up so many homes already because of a simple gift. Who is our person of the week . Good evening, and its great to have you with us here as we near the end of another week together, another heavy week in this country, and tonight is no exception. The numbers that came out today are simply staggering. The deadliest 24 hours yet. Tonight, those new words from the cdc, saying the u. S. Has entered a new phase of, in their words, high level transmission. They say wear a mask wherever you go, even indoors, and if a Family Member at home has been exposed you should wear a mask at home, too. The death toll now at more than 278,000 lives lost. 2,800 americans lost in just 24 hours. This is the fourth straight day more than 2,000 lives have been lost. The cdc saying this deadly new phase is largely because so many are now indoors because of the colder weather. And half of all transmissions are from people with no symptoms. That guidance on universal mask wearing now, urging people to wear masks indoors no matter where you go. The nations hospitals. We heard from front line workers who say theyre overwhelmed and under siege. They say they sit in the hallways. Its like a tidal wave of patients. A stayathome order issued for five counties in the San Francisco bay area. Icu beds running out quickly. How do we roll out across the country . The major test we witnessed in the phoenix today. And the Pfizer Vaccine, and the temperature requirement, keeping it at 94 degrees fahrenheit below zero. What happens if theyre not kept cold enough . Are they no longer effective . Patients in the moderna trials. What theyre now seeing three months out. We begin with whit johnson leading us off from new york tonight. Reporter tonight, bracing for the worst of the pandemic. The cdc warning in a new report, the u. S. Has entered a phase of high level transmission. We have not yet seen the postthanksgiving peak. Thats the concerning thing. Because the numbers in and of themselves are alarming. Reporter that impact coming right before christmas, after daily covid cases nearly doubled in just over a month. From 100,000 on october 30th to 196,000 december 2nd. New york, the original epicenter of the pandemic, seeing the most daily cases since april. And covid19 may be the leading cause of reported deaths in the u. S. This week, according to a projection at the university of washington, topping Heart Disease and lung cancer. Many hospitals on the brink. You can have a huge hospital, but if you dont have the manpower, i cannot save your life. Reporter josefina larios, a nurse manager in santa clara county, california, worries there are not enough doctors, nurses, or beds to treat the sick. Were running out of icu beds. We know that once you go to icu, your chances are minimal. Reporter santa clara, one of five counties in the bay area, imposing new stayathome orders as icus across the state are growing dangerously full. California among 26 states hitting a Record Number of hospitalizations this week. In birmingham, alabama, one hospital overwhelmed with patients. Exhausted Health Care Workers forced to pick up extra shifts. A lot of the Health Care Providers im talking to are describing it really as a tidal wave of patients. Reporter and youll remember this moving photo, a doctor embracing an emotional covid patient alone on thanksgiving. Tonight telling us that man is now out of the hospital. Hes doing fantastic. He was discharged yesterday morning to the care of his wife. We love hearing that today. Lets get to whit johnson tonight. Whit, the cdc issuing that strong new warning today in light of the staggering numbers we saw, actually urging americans to wear masks indoors wherever they go at all times, no matter where you are. And even at home if someones been exposed . Reporter david, the cdc says universal mask use is critical to slowing the spread of this virus. That means always wearing a mask whenever you leave your home and sometimes inside your home if someone there has been exposed. Dr. Deborah birx of the Coronavirus Task force saying you should also try to wear a mask when dining outdoors. David . Whit, thank you. Now to the biggest vaccine rollout this country has ever seen. There was a major dry run in phoenix today. A hospital practicing how to keep the vaccine cold and how to vaccinate people in their cars. And new questions about the Pfizer Vaccine tonight. If its not kept cold enough, what happens to its efficacy . Heres our chief National Correspondent matt gutman from phoenix tonight. Hi, there. Hi. Whats your name and date of birth . Reporter this vaccine dry run is as real as they could make it. Can i have you please roll up your sleeve . Reporter sterilization, real syringe, the change of latex gloves. Honorhealth in phoenix, one of dozens of sites around the county that, starting middecember, will serve as mass vaccination hubs for Health Care Workers and First Responders like these phoenix firefighters we rode with in july. Youre sanitizing after each im sanitizing my hands. Reporter so youre trying to go through the paces. Im trying to make this as real as its going to be. Reporter they cycled through about 50 cars so far. When they get the real vaccine, all of these lanes are going to be hope and they hope to get through 1,500 a day. The Pfizer Vaccine will be stored in these special freezers under tight security. The vaccine will be kept in a secured room, which is within a secured building, which is on a secured location. Reporter after each vial of the vaccine is thawed, a chemist will dilute it with saline and divide it into five doses, which must be injected within an hour. No playbook, we have the team has put this together and created it based on a lot of unknowns. Reporter Neil Browning got the Moderna Vaccine nearly nine months ago when he volunteered for the trial. I experienced nothing other than a very mild sore arm the next morning after each injection, much like you would have with a typical flu shot. Reporter moderna and pfizer say the side effects from both the vaccines have been mild. Little is known about longterm side effects, but dr. Anthony fauci says 90 of adverse effects from vaccines show up in the first six weeks. Covid vaccine volunteers have been monitored for at least two months. So right away they will have captured the overwhelming majority, historically, of when you see socalled long term side effects of a vaccine. Lets get to matt gutman live in phoenix. Matt, we know the Pfizer Vaccine needs to be kept at 94 degrees below zero. You showed us the freezers. What happens if its not kept that cold . Reporter david, as you mentioned, its an incredibly delicate vaccine. And if it gets too warm, that vaccine becomes unstable, therefore unsafe to use, meaning that dose has to be thrown away. This is the first time in history an mrna vaccine has ever been used. This is going to be tricky as we try to get this out across the country. In the meantime on the Moderna Vaccine, new findings from the patients in the trials now three months after their second shot of the vaccine. What are they seeing . Reporter basically, they have examined people who have had that second shot of the Moderna Vaccine as you mentioned, and they found their antibodies persisted in the system for three months, essentially mimicking the bodys immune response to actually having the virus. Thats encouraging news. But what scientists are trying to find out how durable it is, meaning how long the immune system can continue to fight off the virus. The fact that they saw the antibodies three months later is good news tonight. Matt, thank you. Of course now to the other crisis in the pandemic, millions of americans out of work and in need. We learned today 245,000 jobs were added last month. About half of what was expected. Unemployment fell to 6. 7 . Analysts say thats because some 400,000 people stopped looking for work. Tonight, joe bidens grim warning pushing for congress to approve that 900 billion relief bill. Mary bruce asking the president elect, has he talked to the Top Republican leader in congress to get this done . Reporter with millions of americans in desperate need and the president focused instead on refighting the election, joe biden stepping in to Implore Congress to come together and pass a badly needed covid relief bill. Earlier today, the november jobs report was released, and it was grim, but it doesnt have to stay that way. Reporter the president elect is urging democrats and republicans to back a new 900 billion compromise, calling it an urgent and critical first step. The folks im talking about, the folks out there arent looking for a handout. They just need help. Theyre in trouble through no fault of their own. Reporter the bill includes 300 in weekly federal Unemployment Benefits for roughly four months. 160 billion in state and local aid, and 288 billion to support small businesses. Nicole whitesell owns a small boutique in portland, oregon. She says shes already lost 350,000 during the pandemic. Now she fears she may lose everything. For me, my reality is like, if we dont make it through this, like, what will i do next . You know . And how will i provide for my family and for my kids . Reporter tonight on capitol hill there is optimism, but biden describes the compromise as just a down payment, saying he will Push Congress to do even more. But this bill is already more than Republican Leaders want to spend. What if this isnt a down payment . What if this bill is it . I never start off thinking that way. I always start off believing we can get it done, well get it done. Reporter but its been more than six months this fight has been going on. What makes you so confident that you will be able to get republicans to go big once youre in office . Well, because the country is going to be in dire, dire, dire straits if they dont. Reporter have you reached out to leader mcconnell . Have the two of you spoken yet . Well be in dire trouble if we dont get cooperation. I believe we will. Reporter thats not a no. Leader mcconnells office is also refusing to say if the two have talked. Mary bruce with us live tonight. That was an interesting moment today, mary. I know americans know were in a very polarized time when it comes to politics in this country, but theyre going to wonder, why wont president elect biden and leader million come come out and say if theyve talked . It might be a sign there could be some bipartisan work moving forward. And President Trump, on that front, did we hear from him at all today about the Covid Relief Program . Reporter we have not heard from trump yet on this today. He just keeps tweeting about the election. But he has put republicans in a bit of a box. They dont want to publicly break with the president and since he has yet to admit biden won it puts republicans in a tricky position as they try to get to work with biden and his team. Which likely explains why they wont say if they talked. Mary bruce, tonight. Mary, thanks. President trump out of sight today, but he will be in georgia tomorrow for a rally on behalf of georgia candidates defending their senate seats. Those races will determine control of the senate. But with President Trump calling the president ial election rigged and taking aim at georgia, what now about Republican Voters who now about Republican Voters who have heard those words and say now, why should we vote . Republicans trying to convince them its not rigged after all. Heres Steve Osunsami from florida. Reporter the president is coming to valdosta tomorrow, trying to rally support for georgias two republican senators who are fighting to keep their seats from these two democrats. But President Trumps false claim that the november 3rd election was stolen in georgia has put senators Kelly Loeffler and david perdue, who stand with him, in a tough spot. Its a box they cant get out of, and the president , it was unfair of him to put them in the situation. Reporter across this state, many republicans are now afraid that the president brings more harm than good. And his madeup claims that it was fraud, and not voters, who decided the election is discouraging voters on the right from coming out to vote again. In just the last 24 hours, a former lawyer for team trump was telling this to voters. Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election . Reporter and voters are believing this. Sharing this message with the head of the rnc when she visited georgia. How are we going to get money and work when its already decided . Its not decided. This is the key. Its not decided. Reporter its a tricky thing for republicans to argue the president won and that the election was a fraud and on the other hand argue that these two republican senators need to be elected in january to put up a roadblock in front of a future president biden, but thats whats happening here. David . And youre tracking it for us. Thank you, steve. We turn next to two mystery deaths under investigation at ft. Bragg. The two bodies found in a Training Area on the base. Heres our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter tonight, mystery looming at ft. Bragg after two men were found dead at a Training Area on base wednesday. Officials say their bodies were found next to one another. The men have been identified as active duty green beret Master SergeantWilliam Lavigne and army veteran timothy dumas. A defense official telling abc news that foul play is suspected and that no weapon was found at the scene. The suspected homicides are the latest high profile cases involving ft. Bragg. In may, the mangled remains of paratrooper enrique romanmartinez washed ashore after he disappeared on a camping trip along the outer banks. The autopsy finding evidence of multiple chop injuries a broken jaw, cuts, and a fractured cervical spine. The death was ruled a homicide by undetermined means. David, the new cases are being pursued by army investigators. So many questions tonight, but Army Officials say they dont believe the deaths are related to training. David . Pierre thomas live in washington. Thank you. When we come back tonight, that major noreaster moving up the coast right now, and rob will time it out. Noreaster moving up the coast right now, and rob will time it out. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. Dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. Many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. Dont use if youre allergic to dupixent. Serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. Tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. 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In corrales, new mexico, the akenhead family had an idea. Chad and sell christmas trees. This year, with so many families not able to pay for a christmas tree, selling them for whatever the family could pay. Basically whatever you feel the tree is worth, and you want to donate is totally fine. Money is cool, but to make people happy, and families, and businesses, and livelihoods continue to go on through these crazy times, no amount can beat that. Reporter and the donations are going to local businesses who are struggling. What a time to help people out that have been struggling. Reporter their trees gone in just days. We are sold out. Yay reporter so many familes wefre helped with trees and businesses helped with nearly 5,000 in donations. Hi, david. Reporter chad and dana right here. The generosity was amazing. We didnt expect it. You know, with the challenging times right now. And it was a great response. No matter how crazy things are getting and how hard times can be, there are so many amazing people and families and businesses out there that are willing to help. Reporter and many of those trees already up tonight. Joe and nicole making a donation. They got a tree. Hello, david, this is joe and nicole. Reporter their tree of course to celebrate christmas, but also to celebrate the strength of americans in this heavy year. We put the lights on it and some of our favorite ornaments. Reporter wolfgang loving the tree, too. Tonight, chad and dana, who had that simple idea, grateful. We never thought this would end up this way, so thank you to everybody, and happy holidays. Happy holidays. Happy holidays. And so we choose chad and da the dark covid wind winter we feared is coming. Five counties ifrmempimpleme there is no time to waste. Some have been brainstorming ideas long before now. Announcing new rules, San Francisco mayor london breed addressed on camera her dinner at the french laundry. Her response to the criticism shes been facing. Announcer building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. We are facing the reality that we wont be able to treat patients who are sick. People will die who otherwise would live. People will lose loved ones. This is perhaps the final task we face as a city in this pandemic. Emotional pleas from bay area leaders today as they announced new stay at home restrictions. They say its a matter of life and death. Local hospitals are filling up now and they cant wait for the state to take action. It comes at a cost to businesses dealt another blow during the busy holiday season. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. During a joint News Conference today, Health Officers from santa clara, marin, alameda and contra costa are enacting a stayathome order. The order goes into effect 10 00 p. M. Sunday for San Francisco, santa clara and contra costa counties two. Hours later, alameda county, marin county will be the last to implement the order. It will take effect at noon on tuesday. Now lets get you caught up on what is in this order. Abc 7 News Reporter melanie woodro joins us with the list. The state guidance for a regional stayathome order is when less than 15 of icu beds would be available. Health officers for five counties say if they were to wait until then, it would be too late. In a move of solidarity, alam a alameda, contra costa, marin,