Joe biden set to receive his first president ial briefing. President donald trump still trying to convince the country the election was stolen. But a former official sets the record straight. There is no indication or evidence there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems on, before or after november 3rd what chris krebs is saying about being fired by tweet for speaking out tensions high overnight a funeral held for irans Top Nuclear Scientist assassinated in a targeted hit, irans leaders are now vowing revenge and to carry on his work. Monday mess, a fastmoving storm targeting the eastern half of the country with strong winds and rain and yes, even snow. Al has the forecast. And 9 billion spent on black friday alone, setting the stage for what could be the biggest cyber monday ever. This morning, where the deals are today. All of that and plus amazing escape. And there is a big fire there. A racecar bursts into flames and the race driver is emerging from those flames and his message to family and fans. I just wanted to say im okay sort of okay today monday, november 30th, 2020 from nbc news, this is hi, everybody. Welcome to today today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today its monday, the monday after thanksgiving and you kind of feel the holiday spirit in the air. If you dont, look across the street right behind us was our Christmas Tree remember when people were knocking it, saying it was thin . It here. And more deals to be had this cyber monday just ahead a live report to help you to find the days best bargains. And president elect biden is recovering from a weekend mishalf. He injured his foot while playing with his dog we will have the latest on that. And the dire warning a about a postthanksgiving surge in cases. There is promising news on the vaccine front. Sam brock starting off our coverage sam, good morning. Savannah, good morning. Despite all of those warnings about not traveling, 2. 3 Million People got on to a plane over a threeday period according to the tsa. That does not include sundays numbers which should be released later today. This is the covid testing lines building across the country with good news across the horizon with a another Covid Vaccine submitted for testing approval. Reporter mo der na could effectively pave a new pathway for covid relief at 98 effectiveness. Were told they plan to have trucks rolling within a day of that approval. Reporter urgent warnings from Health Officials about dangers of proving over the holiday proved far lest potent what we expect as we go into the next couple of weeks into december that we might see a surge super imposed upon the surge were already in if youre young and you gathered, you need to be tested about five to ten days later but you need to assume that youre infected and not go near your grantparents and aunts and others without a mask. November infections crossed 4 million, more than double what they were the month before and yet the parties still rage on. In houston, rapper lil baby entertained thousands jammed on to a dance floor with few visible masks. While in midtown manhattan, the Sheriffs Department tweeted about busting nearly 400 people at an illegal club asking when will americans learn in california, l. A. County has lifted the strictest stayathome order effective today. In new york city, the Largest School system shuttered, though mayor de blasio said the youngest students will return next week with the older students later on. Were not ready for those yet. We will get there, but we are not ready yet. A vaccine appears closer than ever were so close to deploying a vaccine that can stop the virus, its important to continue the mask wearing and all the other things that have been stated reporter modernas president says that they are hoping for a green light for if vaccine and it is up to the regulators, but he believes it could be sometime between the middle to end of december. Dr. Hogue told me at least 50 to 60 need to be vaccinated and theyre hoping for higher than that joining us is dr. Ashish jha. Good morning to you. Good morning. Thanks for having me on. Now we have a sense of how much travel there was. Less than last year but quite a bit of travel over the roads and at the airport mao do you see that playing out in the next couple of weeks. I think that the good news is that a majority of the americans did heed the warnings and avoid gathering as they would under traditional thanksgiving circumstances, but some did travel. As dr. Fauci said, that a worrisome issue. I expect over the next five to ten days the number of new infections will really start reflecting the thanksgiving surge. Well have to Pay Attention over the next few days to see how much of an impact it had dr. Burke said if you did travel, you should more or less assume you have a coronavirus and act accordingly, get a test, selfisolate and quarantine yourself for 10 to 14 days do you degree with that . Yes, what dr. Birx is saying that if you are gathering and there is so much infection that if you gathered in any sizable number, the fact that somebody had it and passed it is a high number. The prudent thing is to limit the contacts when you get back home getting tested maybe mid to later part of this week would be a good thing to do to make sure you arent infected. We see dr. Fauci and birx talking about 13 million cases in this country and 4 million cases came just in november. What does that say now theres been a huge acceleration of this disease in the last month as i look out to december, we are going to see probably 4 million to 6 million more cases. Our hospitals are already pretty full and i think it really is a worrisome sign i think we can turn things around, savannah, but it is not going to be easy, and people are going to have to take the virus much more serious than some people are doing. And moderna will seek fda emergency use approval starting today. How important is that, to state the obvious . Its super important, right we need all the vaccines we can get. Im hoping we get pfizer authorized in ten days and then maybe this one ten days after that that would be terrific we need the vaccines out, and that is going to start getting the virus under control, but we need this under control before it is out there. Coming up, well look at a lab where doses are already being prepared for delivery. Turning now to the president ial transition, president elect biden is going receive his first president ial briefing as his team takes shave. And now an unexpected detour as biden hurt his foot while playing with his dog. Jeff wilmington with the latest. Reporter good morning. President elect biden is set to name another team, hes unveiled and allfemale Communications Team, and he is set to release an Economic Team, but today he is dealing with the pressing issue, the fractured foot he suffered while playing with one of his german shepherds. This morning, joe biden is on the mend after spending the night at the Doctors Office suffering from a twisted ankle after playing with his dog major. He sustained hairline fractures in his right foot and will likely require a walking boot for several weeks. President donald trump tweeting get well soon as the president elect staffs up his Communications Team with historymaking hires for the first time all of the senior staffers tasked with shaping white house messaging with be women. The president elect also set to formally unveil his Economic Team tomorrow. The group of advisers set to serve alongside expected treasury nominee jan nell yellen and the others to complete the latest recount should deal the president another blow. And wisconsin completing a recount confirming bidens win boosted by another 37 votes. And with Pennsylvania Supreme Court throwing out a gop challenge to ballots. With more than a dozen suits dismissed in key states. Last night infrastructure security cybersecurity director spoke out last night on 60 minutes chris krebs, who was fired by President Trump after he called the election the most secure election in history. There was no manipulation of the vote and that debunks some of thieves sensational claims out there that ive called nonsense and a hoax that there was some hacking of these election vendors in their software in response, President Trump ripped 60 minutes calling the interview ridiculous and one sided. The president in a tweet also said that the 2020 election in his words was the least secure ever and it was immediately flagged by twitter. And lets talk about georgia and the runoffs there, and who s is going to control the senate, and the Committee Chair of the Republican National committee was there in georgia over the weekend talking to voters. What can you tell us about that . The rnc chairwoman mcdaniels has received some push back after repeating president Donald Trumps comments about Election Security what is the pointb to vote if it is already decided. Its not decided. This is the key. It not decided if you lose your faith and you dont vote and people walk away, that will decide it. Some georgia republicans had been expressing some concern that president Donald Trumps baseless insistent was marched by fraud to depress turnout in georgias two Senate Runoffs and this appears to be early evidence of that. We want to mention this note that chris krebs, the nations former top cybersecurity director will join us for a live interview tomorrow morning on today. We turn to a hot spot on iran. They plan to exact revenge for the assassination of the master mind of their nuclear program. We go to Richard Engel with more on that. Good morning, richard. Good morning, savannah. Its said he knew he was a target but that the professionals used sophisticated and new means and were ultimately successful. Reporter as iran buried their Top Nuclear Scientist this morning assassinated by a hit team in his car last friday, there are vows for revenge and claims that a remotely operated machine gun came from israel. The Supreme Leader said punishment would be definitive, but he gave no details. While israel has said nothing. G the scientist mohsen fatrhizadeh has been at the top of the list. He was at the heart of the Iranian Nuclear program and has been for years, not only the brains but the passion behind it so his assassination is really a significant event. U. S. And Israeli Intelligence worked closely together and media report in both countries unconfirmed by nbc news said that the u. S. And israel were planning covert actions against iran before the Trump Administration runs out. Im very concerned about the trump loyalists who have now gone to work in the pentagon. It pretty difficult to think over the course of 50 or 60 days you can do something constructive but you can do something really destructive. At the very least it makes president elect bidens job much more difficult. I am hopeful that president elect biden can reach in and calm the waters, but i think that this heightens the tensions significantly. Reporter savannah, the media reports in iran say that the assassins used that remotely operated machine gun which was hidden in the back of a pickup truck. Thank you very much. We have a lot to get to, including the Holiday Shopping rush. Given the pandemic, black friday had a different feel this year, doing a lot of Online Shopping. Why this could be the Biggest Online sales day ever and well tell you where you could find the biggest bargains. Could be a good day for shopping from your couch because the weather could be tricky. That is right. 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