Hospitalized. Rudy giuliani, the president s personal attorney, testing positive for the virus at Georgetown UniversityMedical Center this morning. The effort to trace his footsteps after he appeared at multiple Public Events without a mask. Even the Arizona Legislature now having to shut down. Battleground georgia. The president down south for a rally in republicans crucial runoff. The candidates holding debates over the weekend but one a noshow. Your senator is refusing to answer questions and debate his opponent. Who holds the upper hand in the battle for the control of the senate straight ahead. Mystery solved. A new report out on what may have caused strange illnesses in american diplomats living overseas. Could a series of targeted microwave attack be the cause . I had ringing in my ears and knew something was wrong with me. An exclusive interview with a cia officer still suffering three years later. Power problems. A strong weekend noreaster, the first of the season, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark. Well have the latest, plus the next storm al is already tracking. Those stories, plus sunday night rally. And into the end zone, touchdown kansas city clinches a spot in the playoffs with a comeback win over denver. And our own nbc makes his nfl debut. And that number, by the way, could grow soon. Steve kornacki in the zone, today, monday, december 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Its the beginning of a new week. Were glad to have you with us. Happy monday. We have a lot to get to. We begin with the covid crisis, the country dealing with a Holiday Season surge in cases resulting in new lockdowns. But theres also new hope this week. Absolutely. The fda will hold that hearing on pfizers vaccine and the uk is ready to begin its Immunization Program already. Weve got it covered for you. Lets get started. Nbc National CorrespondentMiguel Almaguer in los angeles where that new stayathome order is in effect. Miguel, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Here in los angeles the city has seen more covid cases in the past week than it did in all of october. Just a staggering number. The state now has more than 10,000 people hospitalized with coronavirus. That spike is why right now 85 of the States Residents are being asked to stay inside unless absolutely necessary. Overnight, over 33 million californians ordered to lockdown as coronavirus cases across the state soar and the number of available icu beds fall. We need to do everything we can to stem the tide. Reporter the threeweek order, now in place for much of northern, central and Southern California, prohibits inperson dining and gatherings, restricts all store capacity to 20 , and shutters salons, playgrounds and museums. The rules met with pushback from some Small Business owners. Angela markson owns a restaurant in sherman oaks, california, where a Movie Company set up a dining area just from her space where shes not allowed to serve. And going viral. Im losing everything. Everything i own is being taken away from me. They set up a Movie Company right next to my outdoor patio. Reporter and defiance from those expected to enforce them. The sheriffs of orange and riverside counties saying they wont enforce the states new stayathome orders. The Riverside CountySheriffs Department will not be blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle against residents in the enforcement of the governors orders. Reporter still, for those on the pandemics front lines, the mandates are crucial. We could be risking a situation where people will die unnecessarily simply because we dont have the level of hospital care to take care of them. Reporter with Pfizers Covid vaccine expected to be approved for emergency use as early as this week, top doctors are adamant its too soon to ease up. The vaccine is critical, but its not going to save us from this current surge. Only we can save us from this current surge. This is not just the worst Public Health event, this is the worst event that this country will face, not just from a Public Health side. Reporter in massachusetts, this Convention Center converted to a Field Hospital for more than 200 Covid Patients may be full by the end of the month. And theres a partial shutdown as michigan nears its end, there is still immeasurable loss. The world is a little less right now. Reporter brandy boyd lost both of her parents to the virus three months ago, just three days apart. People are losing money and their livelihoods, but, you know, i would give up my home to have my mom and dad back. Reporter now states are looking for tighten restrictions in hopes of suppressing another surge. Miguel, we approach the holidays, huge season, lots of travel, lots of gettogethers. What are Health Officials saying . Reporter well, the warnings are similar just like they were over thanksgiving. Authorities are worried about a surge on top of the current surge. For christmas, they are begging people please stay home to help curb the spread. Meantime the eyes of the world are on the United Kingdom this week where people are set to receive the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine. Keir simmons is in london with a closer look. Hi, keir, good morning. Reporter hey, hoda, good morning to you. This is one of the hospitals that will begin vaccinations within 24 hours. What a moment that will be. This is the hospital where the british Prime Minister was treated when he was struck with the coronavirus. Now the uks Vaccination Program may have lessons for you guys there in the u. S carefully carried inside, box after box, unsealed and gently placed in freezers, locked for security britains first wave of coronavirus vaccinations is under way. We are amongst the first in the country to actually receive the vaccine and im so proud. Reporter over the weekend, tens of thousands of pfizer doses kept in rows of freezers at a secure location. This feels like the beginning of the end. Reporter according to documents seen by nbc news, 50 hospitals across the uk are receiving less than a thousand doses each first in line, Health Care Workers and people over 80 who can make their own way a week later more batches of 975 doses will be delivered at nearly 94 degrees below zero to a Larger Network of local doctors. Then a race against time once the Pfizer Vaccine is no longer in deep freeze, it has to be used within five days the two things unique are speed and scale. The people that do this job know how to do it very, very well and securely. Reporter the scale is unprecedented. The uk vaccinates just over 10 Million People for flu in winter britain has bought 40 million doses of just the Pfizer Vaccine, enough for 20 Million People british officials emphasizing the rollout will take time one warning this is a marathon, not a sprint while the World Health Organization worries people will relax too quickly. Vaccines do not equal zero covid. Reporter this morning the British NationalHealth Service says these are the vaccination certificates that will be issued the government insisting they will not become immunity passports. So, keir, i guess the question is how quickly will we see if the vaccine has an impact how long do we have to wait to see the numbers go down . Reporter well, the chief science advisor to operation warp speed over there, hoda, saying that he expects emergency authorization of the vaccine there by the fda by thursday, and he is predicting a significant decrease in deaths among the nations elderly and highrisk populations there by the end of january hoda, what were finding here, though, is what they call the last mile, the last stage of vaccinations that is the real challenge. Trying to get these out to rural, remote areas, small numbers of doses and get the patients there on time that is where the real challenge comes, hoda. Keir simmons, thank you. Also this morning there is a new case of the virus among President Trumps inner circle his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive and is in the hospital this morning. And theres concern now for the folks hes interacted with in recent days while traveling across the country, often without a mask Hallie Jackson is on the story for us hallie, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Im told by a source familiar with the diagnosis that Rudy Giuliani is at a hospital here in the d. C. Area with mild symptoms so far. The Trump Campaign says Contact Tracing is happening, but that that list does not include legislators in any state as the Arizona Legislature closes reportedly out of precaution giuliani is the latest member of the president s inner circle to test positive. Not a legal obstacle but a medical one. Former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, saying overnight hes getting great care and feeling good, recovering quickly and keeping up with everything the 76yearold has flouted guidelines from Public Health officials, appearing repeatedly without a mask and taking a highprofile trip to several states. Would you be comfortable taking your mask off reporter the campaign saying he tested negative twice before the travel and didnt test positive or experience any symptoms until after he returned the Trump Campaign pledging giulianis diagnosis will not stop its legal fight, which is failing to overturn the election theyre focus now on georgia, pushing a Pressure Campaign to overturn joe bidens win there, demanding georgias governor call a special session of the legislature to flip the results. The states gop leaders say thats a dead end with pushback from the president s own party. Were going to continue to follow the letter of the law. We dont see anything that would overturn it in georgia. Reporter saturday President Trump was in georgia at his first rally since the election telling supporters hes consumed by the battle hes waging. I probably worked harder in the last three weeks than ive ever worked in my life doing this. Reporter that rally, meant to boost support for the republican candidates ahead of two critical runoff races there with control of the u. S. Senate at stake overnight two debates and two very different scenes. Democratic candidate jon ossoff on stage with an empty lectern after republican incumbent david perdue declined to appear. Your senator is refusing to answer questions and debate his component because he believes he shouldnt have to. Reporter the candidates in the other race face to face with gop senator Kelly Loeffler up against reverend raphael warnock. Yes or no, did donald trump lose you know, President Trump has every right to use every Legal Recourse available. Reporter so for republicans looking at georgia, there are questions now about whether the president s baseless claims of a stolen election could actually depress turnout for those really important runoffs. Democrats are looking at the history of the state, while joe biden filmed it for the first time in nearly three decades in november, georgia voters have not sent a democrat to the senate in Something Like 20 years. There in washington, hallie, some headlines that the attorney general, bill barr, may be considering stepping down before President Trump leaves office . What do you know about that . Reporter yeah. So there is some reporting this morning that a. G. Barr is considering leaving his post before the inauguration. Thats according to the new york times, citing three people familiar with his thinking one of them says barr had been considering leaving even before last week. Remember when the president became really unhappy with his a. G. For publicly declaring there was no evidence of widespread fraud that could have affected the outcome of the election the paper says barr has not made a final decision nbc news reached out to the Justice Department which is declining to comment this morning. Savannah. Hallie, thank you very much. We do have a lot more to get to, including lingering problems from that nasty weekend noreaster, caused a lot of damage, Power Outages up in new england. Nbcs kathy park has the very latest hey, kath. Reporter hey, hoda, good morning to you much of new england is waking up to a cold start and still seeing the remnants of the first major storm of the season. Tens of thousands of customers are still without power and it could be at least three days before that power is restored. Here in worcester we had 6 inches of snow but nearby paxton it was over a foot this morning tens of thousands are still without power across the northeast, after the seasons first noreaster swept through blanketing parts of new england with heavy, wet snow the weekend storm bringing over a foot of snow to parts of New Hampshire, maine and massachusetts, leaving millions under winter storm alerts. Officials urging residents to stay home and avoid travel in coastal massachusetts, near hurricanestrength wind gusts up to 70 Miles Per Hour creating treacherous whiteout conditions in the area. While in rhode island the dangerous mix of rain and snow triggered major accidents on highways a car crashing into the guardrail northbound, with another car veering off the road and into the woods southbound. Luckily police say there were no reported injuries from the the wintry mess knocking over trees and downing power lines in connecticut, with slippery roads grounding cars along route 74. Now as the storm moves north, the first major noreaster of the season is expected to deliver a final blow in maine as it makes its way out now, if the temperatures were a tad bit cooler at the start of the storm, the Winter Weather event could have been a lot worse. Right now here in worcester we are hovering at around 25 degrees, so any remaining snow on the ground froze overnight. And looking ahead, it looks like things are improving but its going to be pretty chilly the next couple of days so it will be a while before all this melts away all right kathy park for us. Al, that was quite a storm. Thats right. We were talking about it on friday well, the good news is things are pulling off. Weve got some leftover snow up through newfoundland, thats moving away. The next system is this low pressure pushing off the southeastern atlantic coast. Weve got some snow through the appalachians, not a big deal but heavy rain moving off the carolina coast and down through central and southern florida this system will be pushing off today. Light snow continues for the appalachians and then out of here the next area were watching, out west we have red flag warnings in the northern part of california through today, through tuesday from santa maria all the way down to escondido. Were talking about the risk of high winds, low humidity, and those wind gusts could be up to 60 Miles Per Hour today and that stretches right on into tomorrow with those wind gusts upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour. The rest of the country, again, out west plenty of sunshine especially into the Pacific Northwest. Beautiful day from the Central Plains all the way down to texas. Again, those few showers in the Midatlantic States. Heavier rain down through florida. Gorgeous day from the great lakes all the way to the northeast. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Ng gets in the way of their holiday. You work hard, switching to metro isnt. This season, theres zero fees to switch. Get our lowest price on unlimited. Just twentyfive bucks a line for four lines. Plus four free galaxy phones. Metro. Empowering hector to rule his holiday. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Taking a look at our red flag warning, our high fire danger continues through 5 00 today especially for our north bay mountains where we could see those wind gusts continuing to reach near 60 Miles Per Hour with some low humidity. Going through the forecast our winds calmed down. Well have my high wind event possible wednesday night through thursday morning. The fire danger continues at least through the end of the week. And that is your latest weather. Guys. All right, al, thank you. Just ahead, perhaps some answers to this yearslong mystery. Andre