Plans now for those american troops in afghanistan and iraq. Transition turmoil. President elect joe biden says President Trumps refusal to allow the transition to begin could cost lives. More people may die if we dont coordinate. As georgias top election official says hes receiving death threats. Was he pressured by one of the president s top allies to toss i mean, its a truck. Its not about inches. Out legally cast ballots . Whos thinking about the garage when youre shopping for a truck . Breaking overnight. Deadly hurricane iota making landfall. Carmax is. Well let you bring it back for a full refund slamming into hard hit central within the first seven days. America with winds up to 155 the way it should be. Carmax. Miles per hour. The major category 4 storm bringing lifethreatening storm surge. Were tracking the latest this morning. Urgent search. A 15yearold girl disappearing from her home in the middle of the night. Its like she vanished into thin air. 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Goodbye to the ballroom, unfortunately, and they are going to join us live in our this is a look, a long line next hour. Go ahead. He had those perfect 10s, jazz hands but two couples. I know, unfortunately, have that was wrapping around dodger to go. They will be here on gma. Stadium. This was just a few hours ago. And at this overwhelmed testing site in massachusetts, as cases we know, george, continue to climb. But first, we have the top they sure do. Headlines were following right more than 73,000 americans are currently hospitalized with now including the very latest on the coronavirus emergency. Covid. At least 11 states tightening thats a new record. Admissions on the rise in 49 restrictions, this since sunday. States and puerto rico. So much hope resting on those the number of american lives lost to covid19 now approaching promising vaccines. 20 million americans could start the 250,000 mark. Getting them as soon as december. Vice president pence is set to lead a White House Covid Task all this has led at least 11 states to tighten restrictions since sunday. Force meeting later today. Also right now, president elect george, so much hope resting biden is forging ahead getting a on those new vaccines. Dr. Rick bright, a member of the National Security briefing from Biden Harris Covid task force his own team of experts. And top vaccine expert, that will be later today along with Vice President elect harris. Is standing by to talk to us live, but first eva pilgrim starts us off in new jersey with the very latest. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, all right, you ready for more basketball in the bubble . The ncaa gearing up for march michael. Return to restrictions, we are seeing it all across the country. Madness after the tournament was canceled this year. Behind me you can see this long the 68 teams could head to line of people waiting to get a covid test. Indianapolis in 2021. Here in new jersey, starting today, most indoor gatherings the ncaa is preliminary talks will be limited to ten people. Mayors and governors are finding themselves having to make tough decisions as covid cases are with the city to potentially once again rising. Host, have them all there. It worked well for the nba. This morning, alarming covid it worked very well. Numbers all across the country. Give it a try. See if it works there. The fallout from twitters 1 million americans diagnosed attempts to stop the spread of with covid19 just this week. Misinformation over social thats about 100 americans media. Diagnosed every minute. In philadelphia, where cases are a new app called parler has become a hit with rising, the city starting sweeping restrictions friday, conservatives who call it a closing indoor dining, gyms and putting an end to youth sports through the end of the year. Means no indoor parties, group meals, football watching groups. No visiting between households, refuge for free speech. Tom llamas has the story. Reporter the site is growing and its growing fast. No indoor weddings, funerals, at its core a hands off policy baby showers. When it comes to content but reporter california also seeing a surge. With that edge, is there a starting tuesday, 94 of the potential danger . State will fall under its right now, a social media strictest tier of restrictions. Shakeup is under way. Some users moving from facebook and twitter to a new app called this is simply the fastest parler. In just the past two weeks it increase california has seen since the beginning of this doubled downloads from pandemic. Reporter in michigan, rapid spread. 4. 5 million users to now more than 10 million. Almost 13,000 new covid19 cases some say censorship on other apps has contributed to its in one day. Rapid rise. Can we move everybody from dr. Dave burkhart, a resident in twitter to parler . Reporter users include a broad range of elected leaders and personalities from sean grand rapids, michigan, has been treating Covid Patients since hannity to senator ted cruz, march and was recently diagnosed himself. I got a package delivered to ufc fighter tito ortiz and journalist megyn kelly. My door and remember going and the social media site getting strong push from conservatives and the president s supporters who applaud its take on free picking up the package and was like, wow, i feel like i just ran a marathon and i walked ten speech. You dont have to fear being steps. Censured. Reporter frontline workers from new york, once the you dont have to fear who is looking at your profile and epicenter of the virus, are making judgments against you. Reporter parler was founded now heading there to help. I think us coming in has two years ago, led by its ceo john matze, and as first shown the nurses, we are reported by the wall street journal backed financially by billionaire robert mercers daughter, rebekah mercer, a here to support you, and we have your back like you had ours. Major republican donor who has reporter for some medical given millions to conservative causes. Workers, the strain just too much. Mercer writing, they created one nurse in el paso sharing why parler to create a neutral she resigned last week saying she wishes people had taken precautions more seriously. You know, its kind of a slap in the face when you call us platform for free speech. Heroes in the spring, and then also to protect data privacy. In the fall, here we are working our butts off, and it doesnt telling chicago station kusi why seem like its helping. Users choose it. Many feel abandoned and want people are dying. To go somewhere where theyre not being manipulated. Reporter but hope is on the horizon, promising vaccine news. Positive preliminary results reporter unlike facebook and from moderna and pfizer. Twitter which take on the selective enforcement of content if both qualify for emergency decisions themselves and use authorization, 20 million labeling or removing some like the president s baseless tweets americans could start getting the vaccines as soon as december. Saying the election was rigged, parler lets users decide what Lindy Washburn is one of the volunteers in the moderna trial, but doesnt know if she got the they want to see and dont. Vaccine or a placebo. Experts warn that leaves the app open for misinformation to flourish. Just being in the middle of one of the things that is a it and witnessing this, it feels historic. Bit concerning about a platform reporter both vaccines require two doses and use genetic instructions that tell the body to produce a protein like parler, where there is not that triggers it to create antibodies that fight the virus. Moderation, there is no check on as for side effects, the misinformation, no participants for both report authoritative sources saying this information is incorrect. Mild or moderate side effects reporter parler also playing host to movements that were kicked off other media sites like the stop the steal group which pushes baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. And while the Antidefamation League says the site itself is typical with vaccines sore arm, fever, fatigue and aching joints for a day or two. And this initial round of not an extremist platform, the vaccines will mainly be for group says parler has attracted healthcare workers, essential employees and those people who are at high risk. Rightwing extremist groups like the proud boys, qanon adherents and White Supremacists who openly promote their ideologies on the site. The vaccines will likely be more experts warn that widely available in march or april. When extremist views run rampant george . And unchecked users can become radicalized. Weve seen on other sites okay, thanks. Lets bring in dr. Rick like this that dont have a lot bright, the governments top of moderation around information expert on vaccine, resigned in protest after accusing the trump is that they can get extreme administration of playing quite quickly. Politics with science. Hes now a member of president elect bidens all right, no doubt parler is popular with certain groups but Coronavirus Task force. Some asked will the allure fade . Thanks for joining us this morning. President elect biden said people may die if theres not if everyone has a similar more coordination between the opinion, then its not Like Trump Administration and the Biden Administration transition twitter at all where a lot of users get on there to debate, fight and troll each other. Task force. What isnt getting done now that grown adults who seem to love needs to get done . George, thanks for having me this morning. That kind of stuff. Some do. Its very important that in okay, tom, thanks. Light of the good news were robin. Thank you both. Hearing about the information coming from these new vaccines new allegations of and the promising efficacy and admissions cheating. Safety data that were hearing two people arrested including the former head of harvards fencing team and an alleged about, its really important to understand that theres a lot of work still in front of us to make sure that these vaccines 1. 5 million bribery scream. Scheme. Deborah roberts joins us with that story. Are available for all americans. Theres a lot of coordination good morning, deb. Reporter good morning, robin. That goes into putting those yeah, the allegations are pretty vaccines into a vial and making those vials shipping those vials across the country, stunning. Investigators say they first came to light during a suspect getting those into the hands of real estate deal. Harvards then legendary fencing coach seemed to be rolling in doctors and nurses so they can the money buying a milliondollar condo about the same time he was recruiting the sons of a wealthy businessman. Administer those vaccines and tracking them to make sure the well, now, federal authorities person that got the first dose say it was yet another College Admissions scandal. Of one vaccine gets the second this morning, a prominent coach dose of the same vaccine at the right time schedule. Theres a lot of activity that must happen, and we need to coordinate that. You know that after january formerly at harvard and a 20th, a new administration will come in, and a new team will wealthy businessman both under take over that responsibility. Arrest in an alleged pay for play scheme accused of so its important that that new team has all of the information that the current team has so conspiring to get the businessmans son into the elite theres a smooth transition. Ivy League School in exchange lives are at stake here. For 1. 5 million in bribes. If we miss this opportunity to according to the fbi, peter coordinate now, we could brand, harvards head fencing experience hiccups or delays coach for 20 years until last that really we dont need to see. Year, planned to circumvent the americans deserve a smooth College Admissions process with transition so we can make sure to save their lives from this pandemic. These critical trials are maryland businessman Jie Jack Zhao by recruiting good news. Two of zhaos sons for the you had some tough criticism for the trump administration. Colleges fencing team. Heres how it unfolded according should operation warp speed to court documents. Zhao contributed 100,000 to a Foundation Set up and controlled get any credit for the fact that were on the fast track for a by brand and his wife, paid for vaccine approval . Brands car, made college you know, theres a lot of tuition payments for brands things that happened with the son, paid the mortgage on vaccines over the last several years. Brands home and even bought i really am excited to see the progress from messenger mrna brands house for nearly 1 vaccines. Million, nearly double its market value, which authorities it is an investment that we made in the Obama Administration say allowed brand to purchase a starting back in 2013 with darpa more expensive residence which zhao then paid to renovate. And barta, to 2016 for zika and Authorities Say brand did not through the years. It was a new technology we have invested in and built the disclose the payments to harvard who fired the coach for foundation so when we needed allegedly violating the them now for this crisis they universitys conflict of interest policy. Were ready to run so im really both men now facing charges of encouraged that the obama conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery. Investment in these technologies if the allegations are true, are paying out now to have them ready faster than weve ever seen. I know the biden task force is meeting with vaccinemakers this week. What do you hope to learn . The message that theyre sending what do you need to know . We need to see the data. Is clearly that going to a school like this is completely we really do need to see the unattainable unless you know data, the full data set. Somebody and or you have a lot of money. Reporter while not part of that data set needs to be made available to the fda and other scientists. The varsity blues scandal, which led to more than 20 president elect biden has said all along that he is going to let science lead the way and so parents including hollywood its critical that we are able to see that in a transparent way stars Felicity Huffman and lori and the best recommendation from those scientists are made from loughlin, to serve time behind bars this comes two years after the veil was lifted on that scheme. The fda and then that information is carried forward i think there is a sense in the u. S. Attorneys office that to the american public. When it is discovered theyll be what would it take to convince you these vaccines will be safe and should be widely aggressive in discovering it and then being aggressive in prosecuting those individuals that are involved in this distributed . George, its all in the data. Conduct. Reporter loughlin is it really is in the data that we need to see that efficacy for currently two weeks into a all people. Twomonth prison sentence. Her husband who pleaded guilty right now we have some early for his role in the scandal is interim data that were hearing about. Set to start his fivemonth that could be in the same population of people. Prison sentence later this week. We need to make sure that the lawyers for both brand and zhao say each denies the governments allegations saying that the boys information that we see in the were academic and fencing data we see show that the vaccine is safe and effective in standouts before being recruited and they say they look forward to having their day and the truth come out in court. All people and all populations. We know that vaccines behave robin. We will see what happens. Deb, youre there at home. Many of our viewers know that differently in some people than in others and so that full data you are married to al roker who set showing how it works in each population and the safety is recently was diagnosed with really critical to know. Cancer, so how is al doing, deb . Once we have that and its been oh, thanks, robin. Reviewed by scientists and we well, i have to tell you he is already annoying me with pranks have their recommendation, then ill have great comfort in being able to recommend that vaccine. And practical jokes. So i think were off and running dr. Rick bright, thanks for your time this morning. To a pretty good start. Hes doing well. Robin . Thanks so much, robin. Ill pass that along. Our love to you and al and such good insight. Nick. Everyone. Thank you, george. Take care. Thanks. Thanks so much. You got it. Michael. Youre right about that. Were going to turn now to our love to al without a doubt. The new report this morning that President Trump considered a military strike against iran during a meeting just last week. Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz joins us with the latest. Good morning, martha. Now were going to turn to reporter good morning, the urgent search for a missing 15yearold michigan girl whose robin. Mother said she vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night. Theres been concern inside and outside the pentagon for weeks Stephanie Ramos joins us with the latest. That President Trump would order good morning, stephanie. A military strike on irans reporter michael, good nuclear facilities, especially morning. The family of gloria alvarado, after he fired the secretary of they tell us that theyve been living a nightmare since she defense and several others in key positions, replacing most of them with ardent trump went missing november 1