Republicans initially refuse to certify results in the largest black county in the state. Sexual assault in the military. A year and a halflong cbs news investigation uncovers failure to fight misconduct. One mother says mishandling of her daughters assault had deadly consequences. And the boeing 737 max getting back in the sky. The faa expected to give the plane clearance to fly again today after two deadly crashes. Why relatives of those killed say it is still too soon. First, here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Mask up, illinois. Mask up, ohio. Mask up, minnesota. Mask up michigan. The latest Coronavirus Task force report, calls current mitigation efforts inadequate. If you dont have a smooth transition, you would not optimize whatever efforts youre doing right now. Donald trump fired his top cybersecurity chris krebs. He was simply reporting what him. Y Relevant Agency had told the faa lifts the grounding of the boeing 757 max following two deadly crashes. Massive flooding across parts of Central America devastated by hurricane iota. Second hurricane to hit in two weeks. It panned out to be worse than we thought. Republican senator Chuck Grassley has covid19. The 87yearold is isolating at home. Police investigating a deadly scene, a man firing a flamethrower into the air. Working 9 00 to 5 00 what a way to make a livin all that matters, we thank dolly parton for funding one of the Coronavirus Vaccines. She donated 1 million to Vaccine Research with drugmaker moderna. Explains why the vaccine is working 95 of the time. On cbs this morning. Meanwhile, joe biden is moving forward. He reportedly told his advisers he doesnt want his presidency consumed by investigations into trumps corruption which is big of him, but what about what i want . I at least want a mugshot out of this. This story begs the question, philosophical. If theres wrongdoing but no one is around to investigate it, is it really malarkey . Announcer this mornings eye opener is brought to you by progressive. Making it easy to burnndle insurance. All the exhaustion is talking after all the stuff we have gone through. I like the campaign by the governors, democratic and republican governors saying mask up, people, mask up. This is not a political issue. Especially not now. Ayeyiyi. Getting more serious by the day. It really is. We begin with a stark warning from the Coronavirus Task force that the current effort to slow the pandemic is not enough. A report ob take obtained by cbs news shows 48 states are in the red zone. 48 states. Thats up from 42 last week. Numbers keep climbing. Task force calls the spread aggressive and unrelenting the virus killed more than 1700 yesterday, highest single day total since may 15th. Doctors warn that we could see up to 2,000 dead a day by christmas. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud is in newark, new jersey for us. David, good morning to you. Without federal leadership, it is up to states and cities to deal with the crisis. Without a new covid relief bill, whats going on there . Reporter tell you something, the mayor told us yesterday hed like to have a curfew imposed after thanksgiving. I said if it is that bad, why not do it now . He said, david, im trying to please a lot of people. I need the state to help me, Business Owners are hurting, people are pushing back. At the height of the pandemic in the spring, test positivity in newark was 68 . They imposed mitigation measures, dropped it to near zero. Now it is back up to 20 and it is climbing. With parts of newark, new jersey reporting 50 test positivity, the wait in line to get tested can be several hours. Makes you a little nervous. Dont know if you will be able to get tested or not. Reporter theyre forcing businesses to close 8 00 p. M. And have a 9 00 p. M. Curfew for the hardesthit neighborhoods. The mayor says cities like his are barely getting by without funding and guidance of the federal government. Cities try to do what they can. Its just a free for all out here, because there was no national strategy. Reporter that free for all is what dr. Anthony fauci warns is going to complicate, not only the response of the current wave of new cases but the eventual distribution of vaccines. We need some fundamental Public Health measures that everyone should be adhering to. Reporter he calls the statebystate response disjointed, despite the best efforts. Take seven bipartisan governors in the midwest, all issued a joint call for people in their states to follow Public Health guidelines. Mask up, indiana. Mask up, minnesota. Mask up, michigan. Reporter even the policies on masks vary between the states, and every day the death toll continues to chime. Lindsay wootton says her mother, father and grandfather were all in the same hospital with coronavirus, and while lindsays father survived, her mother tracy larten and her mothers father bert porter did not. Sitting in the hospitl room. I called my grandpa, put him on the spooker phone. He said trey, i am dying. She said dad, i am too. He said i will look for you in heaven. Reporter her grandpargh died within an hour of that call october 11th. Her mom died october 29th with her husband by her side. She said the virus tore through the family. She was one of those that didnt think covid19 was all that real. They did. Now, i didnt. I didnt. Reporter oh. Me, i was one of those that said this is not different than a cold or the flu. And i was proven wrong not once, not twice, but three times. Reporter powerful to hear stories like that. Listen, we have breaking news. We heard from pfizer. They completed the vaccine trial. Theyre data will be submitted to the fda. The vaccine they say works for old people, virtually has no side effects and is 95 effective. One more thing. Last night the fda gave approval for the first at home rapid test, results in 30 minutes, can do it yourself. Catch is, you need a prescription from a doctor to get that testing kit. Gayle. Oh, david. So many levels in your story. The lady who unfortunately had to learn the hard way that this is not like the flu. This is not like a cold. There are so many people think like she does. Very glad youre telling her story. Comes at a great cost. Thank you very much, David Begnaud. Another member of congress diagnosed with coronavirus. Republican senator Chuck Grassley of iowa says he feels fine after testing positive. The states president pro tem. Third in line for the presidency. Hes 87 years old and the second old et member of the senate. Senator grassley is the sixth republican senator to test positive for the virus since the pandemic began. President trump has fired his administrations top Election Security official who declared the 2020 vote to be fair and accurate. Chris krebs, director of the krish security cybersecurity and infrastructure created after russia interfered with the 2016 election. The president made a series of voter fraud claims, unsupported by evidence in a tweet that announced the firing. Weijia jiang is at the white house. Weijia, was this seen as a surprise . Reporter good morning. An known. For the last week there was speculation that his krebs job would not survive because he was so vocal in disputing President Trumps false claims that the election was rigged. After the firing, he seemed to suggest he had no regrets about speaking up, tweeting honored to serve. We did it right. Department of Homeland Security official christopher krebs, the latest member of the administration to be fired by tweet. Last night, President Trump posted he terminated krebs as director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. You should have confidence in the process. Reporter krebs publicly defended the integrity of the 2020 election. Last week, his former Agency Signed on to a statement contradicting the president s baseless claims about election interference, writing there is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. Krebs firing came as new election drama unfolded in michigan. This is a disgrace reporter a public zoom call turned tense after two republican canvassers in wayne county, which includes detroit, initially blocked the move to certify Election Results. Shame on you shame on you for leading to this level of corruption. You have disavowed your right to even sit in the seats you occupy. Reporter the canvassers claimed votes in the polling book did not match tabulated votes, but Officials Say that can be common when turnout is high and doesnt necessarily mean that votes were improperly cast or counted. You talked about not certifying detroit, even though you acknowledge livonia, a city you know is 95 white, had bigger variances than detroit which is 80 black. Reporter President Trump praised the attempt to challenge certification, tweeting having courage is a beautiful thing. The Trump Administration refused to cooperate in the transfer of power to president elect joe biden. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell claimed the transition would be smooth, despite the delay. Were going to have orderly transfer from this administration to the next one. Reporter on the floor of the senate, Lindsey Graham who is not publicly acknowledging Election Results joined other senators congratulating Vice President elect kamala harris. Tuesday, biden met with his own National Security experts as the president continues to block access to government officials. I have been unable to get the briefings that ordinarily would have come by now. Reporter the Trump Administration is moving ahead with withdrawing troops from afghanistan and iraq. Acting defense secretary Christopher Miller said troops would be cut down to 2,500 in each country by midjanuary. U. S. Allies and members of the president s own party are warning now is not the right time to pull back, arguing the taliban has not met any conditions to justify reduction like cutting down the amount of violence or breaking with al qaeda. Tony. All right, weijia. Thank you very much. Joining us, cbs news chief washington correspondent major garrett. Major, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Stay with the news about troop drawdowns in iraq and afghanistan. Long and costly wars there. The president said he wants to end them. Now seems he is trying to. Why now . Because he only has two months left . Frrt youre ask frrt youre asking why hasnt the president conceded, he doesnt want to. Asking is he taking moves he suggests he knows his time in the white house is coming to an end, yes, and this would be one of them. The president has been driving his civilian and military leadership in the pentagon toward this quite some time, but accelerated that push. Its been clear from reporting of david martin, our colleague at the pentagon, that military advisers knew it was coming and wanted to put it in practice as best they could and shape the president s initiative as best they could. Theyve done that. So the president hasnt conceded, hasnt acknowledged the result of the election which are fundamentally clear, yet taking moves suggests he knows his time in the oval office is limited. Shifting troop levels in the middle east could have impact on Intelligence Briefings and president elect joe biden is no the getting those briefings. How significant is that . Reporter more significant as time goes on. First couple weeks, ca have slack in the line, not be that far behind. The longer this goes, more incremental damage increases. And for the incoming president elect, his team wants to sit down with the existing administration, at least hear their thoughts, and get their latest read from those in the region, friend and foe. The longer theyre deprived of that, the more difficult their ability, as they like to say, hit the ground running, would be. Now to the president s legal battle in the u. S. , Rudy Giuliani had to acknowledge theyre not bringing a fraud case there, and baseless cases continue there and elsewhere. Whats behind the president s strategy, any cracking in the unified front republicans seem to be representing . Reporter there are cracks. You saw them on the floor of the senate yesterday. There is no strategy, tony. There is only anger and resentment about an election result that republicans and the Trump Campaign wish turned out differently. Guess what . That happens in american politics. You can lose an election narrowly. There is no coherent approach to challenging votes in any jurisdiction. Not one single vote has been brought into legal question by any of the litigation brought by the Trump Campaign or sympathetic republicans. In court, you have to meet two standards, point of law, evidence to back up it was violated. So far zero on either of those fronts. Yeah. Important point there. Not a single vote so far has been invalidated, or called into question. With evidence. Reporter correct. Lots without evidence. Reporter correct. Major garrett, thanks so much. Boeing beleaguered 737 max airliner will fly again after the fata removed a grounding order just this morning. They havent flown any passengers since march last year since two crashes killed 346 people, led to worldwide grounding of the plane. Kris van cleave is at reagan airport outside washington, d. C. With more on the story. Kris, when could that 737 max return to service . Reporter good morning, gayle. Before the plane can take off a couple things have to happen. Airlines have to install updates addressing design issues with the plane and pilot get additional training including simulator time. At least one u. S. Carrier plans to fly before the end of the year. The 737 Max Ungrounding order comes after nearly 20 months of work addressing a design flaw that led to two deadly crashes months apart. At the center of the redesign, the mcas stall system linked to both accidents. Changed agreed upon by regulators add redundancy while limiting how the system operates so it should no longer be able to overpower a flight crew. Faa administrator steve dixon flew the plane last month. Well make sure the process is completed. Reporter the ungrounding is unwelcome news for the 346 loved ones killed in the crashes. Passengers should look to find a different plane than the boeing 737 max. Reporter michael lost his daughter on flight 302. Theres not enough redundancy, modernization of systems to guard against yet a third crash. Reporter boeing says the plane is safe, will be able to resume deliveries. The max believed to account for onethird of boeings revenue over the next five years. Its grounding has cost the company an estimated 20 billion. How do you feel about getting behind the controls of the airplane once it goes back in service . Im looking forward to flying the max. Reporter 737 captain laura einsetler. I am looking forward to flying the max. Reporter this captain. You see experienced pilots coming on board with confidence in our training and mastery, you can know that it is safe. Reporter boeing yet to comment on news. American Airlines Says it in tends to resume 737 Max Passenger Service as soon as december 29th on a single daily right between miami to laguardia. Then back to miami. Yet to figure out, feelings about getting back on board the 737 max. Anthony . Critical to boeings bottom line. A lot may be reluctant to get on board. Thank you. Ahead, an update on a missing teenagers death in louisiana. Police say newly released video shows why they never put out an amber alert for Quawan Charles. Ahead, Norah Odonnell on cbs news investigation into the military failure to handle Sexual Assault. Good morning. I watched your piece, it was heartbreaking and maddening. Looking forward to what you have this morning. Incredibly heartbreaking. Good morning to you, gayle. We introduce you to a mother that tells us the military did nothing about her daughters assault until eight months after she died. One of the heart wrenching stories we uncovered, alleging failure to protect those that protect us. 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