President-elect Joe Biden has named key members of his administration’s health team on Monday. They include Dr. Anthony Fauci and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid has the latest. Then CBS News’ Nikole Killion and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason join CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source
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Local Matters: Georgia’s Republican governor rejects Trump’s request to call special session to overturn election results
Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp has rejected a request from President Trump to call a special session to overturn the results of the November election. In a statement Sunday, Kemp said Mr. Trump asked him to choose a new slate of presidential electors for when the electoral college casts its official vote next week, a move Kemp said would be unconstitutional. CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV’s investigative reporter Adam Murphy and Politico’s Senate campaign reporter James Arkin join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest on the state’s critical Senate race. Source
Hospitals in crisis mode as U.S. coronavirus deaths top 283,000
The number of Americans being treated in hospitals for the coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past month. Nevada has the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita. David Begnaud reports. Source
Fauci warns of looming COVID-19 surge as cases skyrocket nationwide ahead of the holidays
Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing across the U.S. and Dr. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says the worst is yet to come as hospitalizations surpass 100,000. Dr. Teresa Murray Amato, chair of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital in New York City, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss more on the fight against the pandemic. Source
12/7: Red and Blue
One week to go before Electoral College vote; Registering voters for Georgia Senate races Source
Millions of Californians under COVID-19 stay-at-home order
California’s governor, along with several Bay Area counties, have put 33 million people under virtual lockdown as hospitals across the state are filling up fast and cases are spiking. Source
George Gascón sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, pledges sweeping changes
Newly sworn-in George Gascón announced that county prosecutors will no longer seek cash bail for any misdemeanor or non-violent, non-serious felony offenses, among other changes. CBS Los Angeles’ Jasmine Viel reports. Source
Los Angeles County prosecutor to end cash bail for most offenses
George Gascón, the newly sworn-in DA, announced a series of sweeping changes, including the end of charging minors as adults. Source
White House responds to report that it declined to buy more vaccine doses
Pfizer says any additional doses between the initial agreed-upon 100 million will need to come in a separate agreement from the one put together this summer. Source
Trump election lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan rejected
The Trump campaign is running out of time and legal avenues in their attempt to fight the results of the 2020 election in court. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion, CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss the state of the Trump legal team, including Rudy Giuliani after his COVID-19 diagnosis. Source